woman winemaker, black winemaker, black owned business
from Bridge Pa Triangle, Aotearoa
soil is sandy loam atop "red metal" gravels from the Ngaruroro River
single clone - #15 known for high acid
2024 was an exceptional vintage, textbook weather
drinks like a very lean and restrained Cali Chardonnay, or as Diana puts it, a "petit Chablis", a great crisp white for people who think they hate Chardonnay
only 100 cases! do not delay. (1272 bottles)
honeydew melon, apple, meyer lemon, wet stone
region: Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
varietal: Chardonnay
style: white
farming/cellar: organic, picked early for freshness, gently foot crushed, few hours of maceration, ambient yeast, fermented, vinified, and aged (only 5 months) in old/neutral French oak, partial malo, vegan, lightly fined with clay, lightly filtered
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