Black Barn Vineyards Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2019, Hawkes Bay

Full, rich and toasty bouquet with aromas of French oak barrel and clove spices, roasted yellow orchard fruits, ripe grapefruit, cashew nut and silty earthy soil notes. Complex and bold. On the palate - a mirror of what the nose suggests with roasted peaches and citrus, apple and pear flavours then textures from the wood tannins and warming alcohol balanced by the acid-line and core of ripe fruit. Lengthy finish, still in development mode though - so do give the wine some time in your cellar if you can. Best drinking from late early 2021 through 2026.

94 Points

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