Ward Valley Estate 'Coastal Block' Chardonnay 2022, Marlborough
A lovely complexity and richness begins the bouquet with scents of barrel spices and roasted stone fruits, there’s a distinctive lees spice and a wood-smoke quality then scents of citrus and roasted white fleshed tree fruits. Full-bodied on the palate with a satin-cream texture, fine tannins and plenty of acidity pulling all these elements together. Fruit flavours mirror the bouquet centering on peach and nectarine with citrus and saline highlights. A lovely example ticking all the boxes of weight, intensity, style and complexity, there’s familiarity and texture. Best drinking from 2024 through 2030.
93 Points
Excelllent
RRP from $30.00