The Gravels Chardonnay 2023
The Gravels Range
Single vineyard barrel aged Chardonnay from the Alluvialle soils of Hawke’s Bay.
Hand selected fruit with 12 months maturation in new and one year old French oak, the wine is beautifully textured, full bodied with butterscotch and spicy oak flavours.
Displaying mineral tones from the Terrior, this wine has a delightful and very long finish.
14.5% Alc
$34.95
- 94/100 Bob Campbell MW:
"Accessible, fruity chardonnay with peach, nectarine, lime, citrus, vanilla bean, ginger and spicy oak flavours. Soft-textured, inviting wine with development potential. 01 SEP 2022." Drink 2022 – 2028 (2021 Vintage)
- 96/100 Cameron Douglas MS:
"The bouquet is captivating and complex, a wine that speaks of place and time. There's a core of fruit that is plush, ripe and alluring, almost beguiling with scents of yellow stone fruits, apple and citrus peel and a smidgin of pith. On the palate the core fruit flavours are surrounded by wood and some fruit tannins, acidity is pristine, fresh adding vibrato and highlighting some natural baking spice qualities from the fruit and oak. As the wine relaxes and warms in the glass, more layers of complexity emerge. A fascinating wine, still rather youthful, very lengthy and delicious. Excellent potential, fantastic value. Best drinking from mid to late 2022 through 2030." (2020 Vintage)
- Real Review: Bronze – Ranked #52 of 61 2022 Chardonnays from Hawke's Bay – Stephen Wong (2022 Vintage)
