2006 Chardonnay

Winemaker’s Notes

Harvest date                    4 – 10 April 2006

Sugars at harvest           24.3 Brix

Bottling date                    23 March 2007

Cases produced               265

Alcohol                             13.5%

pH                                     3.32

T/A                                   6.8 gm/litre

100% fruit from the Rimu Grove Estate Vineyard.

100% barrel fermented in French oak (36% new)

Grapes were picked by hand and whole-bunch pressed,

followed by cool fermentation in 225L barriques.

The wine was routinely barrel-stirred on full lees for 11 months.

Tasting Notes:

Lively baked apple, juicy pear, citrus, and mineral flavours echo on the long,

impressive finish.  Fresh and vibrant; smooth round and generous.  A nicely

layered wine with elegant sweet nut and toasted oak notes shining through,

this chardonnay has a natural affinity with food.  It is drinking well now,

or will mellow and mature gracefully in the cellar until 2014.