Tony Bish Skeetfield Chardonnay 2019, Hawkes Bay

Fantastic bouquet with intensity, power, ripeness and a core of style. Aromas of grapefruit and gun flint, peach and preserved lemon, apple and quince. The scents of oak are distinctive too with spice and delicate toastiness as well as a natural oak sweetness and nutty tension. On the palate - complex, layered and delicious. Flavours of fruit and spices reflect the bouquet, but this wine is all about texture too with tannins and acidity layering in a textured mouthfeel alongside the core of fruits, mineral stony clay flavours and flinty tension. Absolutely delicious wine. Drink now if you must, but this wine deserve some more ageing with best drinking from mid to late 2022 through 2030.

97 Points

Outstanding