Chardonnay
2020
Ivan Sutherland et James Healy, l’ancien viticulteur en chef (Sutherland) et œnologue (Healy) du célèbre domaine Cloudy Bay, à Marlborough, sont deux des viticulteurs les plus influents de la Nouvelle-Zélande. De pair avec le légendaire vigneron Kevin Judd, ils ont permis à Cloudy Bay de s’imposer en tant qu’icône du Nouveau Monde et le domaine produisait l’un des vins les plus en vogue pendant les années 1990. Lorsque Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy a fait l’acquisition de...
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Inviting aromas of flint, matchstick, grated nutmeg, dried lemon rind and sliced grapefruit. Medium-bodied with silky texture. Fresh and bright fruit turns more savory with herbs and spice coming to the forefront. Layered. Tannic, tight finish. From organically grown grapes.
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Succulent and mouthwatering, with a snappy mix of lemon curd, lemon blossom and flint elements. Shows more nuanced notes of salted butterscotch, brioche and litsea oil that linger in the background, while the fresh, vibrant acidity is sleek on the finish, providing focus and length.
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The 2020 Chardonnay is reductive and flinty on the nose and leads with lashings of crushed nuts, curry leaf, cap gun, yellow flesh peach, salted apples and brine. In the mouth, the wine is mouthfilling and bony in the very best of ways, with rich fruit that provides a chorus through the finish. Is it so reductive and worked that it will polarize? Possibly. Probably. Do I love it? Yes. Horses for courses. This is classy wine with lots to touch and feel. I bet it ages well, too. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
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