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Greywacke Chardonnay 2018
Marlborough
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- 94pts, James Suckling, 2021
Kevin Judd first helped to make New Zealand’s iconic Cloudy Bay famous with his terrific winemaking skills. Eventually he decided to start a venture on his own and Greywacke was born. This is his top-notch, barrel-fermented, lees-aged Chardonnay.
Kevin Judd first helped to make New Zealand’s iconic Cloudy Bay famous with his terrific winemaking skills. Eventually he decided to start a venture on his own and Greywacke was born. This is his top-notch, barrel-fermented, lees-aged Chardonnay.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Refreshing flintiness, crisp apple fruit, savoury nuttiness - complex
Aroma
Roasted chestnuts mingle with buttery brioche and fresh nectarine
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
More information
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White - Dry
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Mid gold
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14.0% ABV
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10.5 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2023
Greywacke was founded in 2009 by Kevin Judd – a pioneer of New Zealand’s wine industry. It's named after the region’s rough, stone-strewn sandstone and clay soils that lend its wines a minerally elegance. Kevin works with family growers with old vineyards to obtain the highest quality fruit, then leases a small part of his friends’ Dog Point winery to craft the wines. He majors on Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, as you’d expect of Marlborough, but also does a little of this truly majestic, Burgundy-style Chardonnay. Hand-picked grapes, wild yeasts, all fermented in part new oak barriques, with malolactic fermentation and lees ageing – wow! You can understand perhaps how rich, complex and beautifully balanced this white is. Gently chill.
94 points
