Felton Road Chardonnay 'Block 2' Otago 2024 (14%)

Felton Road Chardonnay 'Block 2' is a white wine from the Bannockburn subregion of Central Otago, New Zealand. Block 2 was planted in 1992 on a sheltered, east-sloping plot with deep, angular schist gravel soils. The wine is 100% Chardonnay from the Mendoza clone and is farmed biodynamically with Demeter and BioGro certification. It ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, completes malolactic fermentation, and ages for 16 months in seasoned French oak barrels, only 4% new, before bottling unfined and unfiltered under screw cap. It shows citrus blossom, lemon zest, green melon, elderflower, white blossoms and green pear on the nose, with crisp apple, white peach and grapefruit on the palate, finishing long, vibrant and bone dry with a gentle brine note.