Cable Bay Chardonnay 2021, Awatere Valley, Marlborough

A full bouquet of ripe stone fruit and barrel scents, there’s a big Brazil nut better and wood smoke quality and developing complexity. Full-bodied, rich and satin-textured as the wine touches the palate. Flavours of nectarine and green gauge plum, toasty wood spices with a hint of butter-scotch, baked apple and peach then citrus pith and peel. Dry, complex, spiced and lengthy, a wine to drink now or cellar. There’s a saline quality on the finish, plenty of tannins and phenolic impact. Best from late 2025 through 2030.

94+ Points

Excellent

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