Escarpment Chardonany 2021

Bewertungen

Cameron Douglas MS: 96/100.  An impressive bouquet with a distinctive core fruit ripeness , delicious flinty mineral quality and perfectly measured oak seam. Even better on the palate with a silk and fine cream texture that touches the palate first followed by flavours of peach and orange citrus oil, red apple and a touch of quince. Fine oak tanins enhance the flint quality and a noticeable mineral seam sits nicely alongside the oak. A complex and enticing wine that will age nicely with best drinking from late 2023 through 2030+.

NZ Wine Rater (Steve Bennett MW, Lynette Hudson): 94/100. Potent, complex, 'serious' nose with strong winemaking influence. There are luxurious aromas of peach, butter-slathered puff pastry, toasted almonds, vanilla pod and fresh cream. A very intense, concentrated, powerful style that pushes the boundaries. However, the structure is taut and saline with plenty of acid and a long citrus finish. It will be better still with extra time in the bottle to develop integration and harmony.

James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 93/100. Toasty notes are married with lime, peach, ginger snaps and salted focaccia. Nicely textured with vibrant acidity. Very fresh. Medium-bodied, sleek and elegant.

Erin Larkin, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 92/100. The 2021 Chardonnay is rambunctious and concentrated, with curry leaf and brine, salted yellow peach and flinty reduction showing as hints of graphite/struck match on the nose. The 2021 season experienced poor flowering. Winemaker Tim Bourne says it was "drizzly, rainy and cold," so the fruit didn't set so well. There were small bunches with small berries and not a lot of yield, but it was great quality. After direct pressing, it went into puncheons for wild ferment, then left on lees, with a "fair bit of malic acid retained in 2021—two grams," says Tim. It saw 20% new oak and matured for 11 months prior to bottling. This is an obvious wine with loads of intense flavor and lovely acidity.

Verkostungsnotiz

Komplexe Zitrus- und Steinobstnoten von Grapefruit und Nektarine, die durch tertiäre Aromen von Ingwer und Haselnuss ausgeglichen werden, mit einer intensiven Mineralität von Feuerstein. Am Gaumen zeigt sich eine intensive Säure und feine Textur, gepaart mit Buttertoast und reifer Fruchtaromatik im Nachgang.

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Zusatzinformationen

Kategorie: Weißwein

Rebsorte: 100% Chardonnay

Passende Speisen: Dieser Wein harmoniert wunderbar mit Fisch, Krustentieren und Meeresfrüchten. Die dezenten Holznoten ergänzen zudem köstlich cremige Soßen mit Kalb und Knoblauch.

Weinberge: Escarpment Home Block, Martinborough, Neuseeland.

Weinbereitung: Der Wein wurde spontan mit 100 % Ganztrauben in französischen Eichenholz-Puncheons vergoren und anschließend in 20 % neuen und 80 % gebrauchten französischen Eichenholz-Barriques ausgebaut.

Produziert und abgefüllt von: Escarpment Winery Ltd., 275 Te Muna Rd., Martinborough, New Zealand

Verantwortlicher Lebensmittelunternehmer/Einführer: Weinkontor Freund GmbH, D- 33829 Borgholzhausen