Felton Road Bannockburn Chardonnay 2025
Wine Details
- White - Dry
New Zealand- Pale Gold
- Chardonnay
- 10.275 Units
- Vegan
- 13.7% ABV
- 750 ml
- Vegetarian
- 27 July 2056
Flavour Profile
Such is the respect for New Zealand’s Felton Road that the world’s top winemakers queue to work there at harvest time. It’s a fully biodynamic, self-sustainable operation, which includes raising cattle for meat and their horns (used in biodynamic preparations), and goats for milk.
The property was first planted in 1992 by Stewart Elms and ceded to film director and Pinot Noir fanatic Nigel Greening in 2000. Blair Walter has been winemaker from the start and, with experience in Burgundy and Oregon, has fine-tuned the wines to the magnificent offerings they are today.
The Bannockburn Chardonnay takes grapes mostly from the Elms vineyard, with a small portion from both Cornish Point and Calvery vineyards, whole bunch pressed and the gravity-fed juice fermented in barrel, just 10% new. Wild yeast, wild malo, minimal interference, with 11 months on lees and 13 months ageing in barrel all add up to a superbly balanced white with mesmerising complexity. Serve cellar cool.
Such is the respect for New Zealand’s Felton Road that the world’s top winemakers queue to work there at harvest time. It’s a fully biodynamic, self-sustainable operation, which includes raising cattle for meat and their horns (used in biodynamic preparations), and goats for milk.
The property was first planted in 1992 by Stewart Elms and ceded to film director and Pinot Noir fanatic Nigel Greening in 2000. Blair Walter has been winemaker from the start and, with experience in Burgundy and Oregon, has fine-tuned the wines to the magnificent offerings they are today.
The Bannockburn Chardonnay takes grapes mostly from the Elms vineyard, with a small portion from both Cornish Point and Calvery vineyards, whole bunch pressed and the gravity-fed juice fermented in barrel, just 10% new. Wild yeast, wild malo, minimal interference, with 11 months on lees and 13 months ageing in barrel all add up to a superbly balanced white with mesmerising complexity. Serve cellar cool.
