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Cloudy Bay Chardonnay 2021
£34.99
- A real treat for your taste buds, Cloudy Bay Chardonnay has an exquisite, appley, citrus finish.
- Made with the greatest care and passion to provide a ripe, full-bodied, glorious taste.
- Decanter Magazine describe this wine as: "Intense with an array of concentrated fruit, nutty wholemeal bread and savoury, sizzled butter influences. The texture is commendably soft, the length impressive and the finish bone dry without being too austere. A complete wine."
- ABV: 13.5%
- Vintage: 2021
- Size: 75cl
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Grape Type:
Chardonnay -
Marlborough
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Wine Category:
White -
Wine Style:
Oaky Whites -
At Its Best:
Now - End 2033 -
Winemaker:
Jim White
Find out more about Cloudy Bay Chardonnay 2021
Find out more about Cloudy Bay Chardonnay 2021
The Wine The Wine
New Zealand
Region:Marlborough
No expense is spared on this blinding drop, sourced from the same alluvial plain in Marlborough as the now legendary Sauvignon Blanc. It's treated to a lavish dose of oak and as a result is ripe and full-bodied with superb flavours of citrus fruit, underpinned with a yeasty, nutty character and finished with a touch of flinty elegance. Cloudy Bay Chardonnay is an intriguing, textural wine and this particular vintage is highly sought after - it's well worth claiming some for your collection.
The Winemaker The Winemaker
Jim White
Jim completed his degree in Agriculture and Viticulture at Melbourne University and began his career as Assistant Vineyard Manager at Mt. Helen Winery in Victoria's Strathbogie Ranges. He went on to work in the Yarra Valley and Margaret River. Having worked his way across Australia, Jim moved to New Zealand in 2011 joining the Cloudy Bay team as company Viticulturist. His attention to detail, and the care and effort he and his team invest in the vineyards ensure the fruit is of the highest calibre for each and every vintage. In 2018 Jim became the Cloudy Bay Technical Director, with oversight over both the viticultural and the winemaking aspects of the business. He is responsible for delivering the best wines of Marlborough, leveraging his viticultural expertise while continuing to expand the brand reputation through presence in the markets. Beyond the vineyard he is likely found in the Marlborough Sounds donning a wet-suit and a dive tank to dive for fresh seafood or cooking local wild game meat to share with wife Nikki, their children Charlotte and Joshua, and friends.
"The Cloudy Bay Chardonnay is a reflection of its sunny origin, expressing intense aromas of peaches, nectarines, aromatic herbs and biscuit. A light entry of stone fruit becomes a slippery midpalate that re-focuses to an aromatic and mineral finish. Batches of fruit from seven vineyards were picked according to flavour profile. After hand picking and careful pressing, the wine was 100% barrel fermented and spent one year in oak before being bottled." - Jim White, Winemaker.
£34.99
