By Farr Chardonnay 2022

By Farr Chardonnay 2022The By Farr Chardonnay is an exceptionally refined and complex chardonnay. The chardonnay vines are planted next to the Sangreal pinot noir. The vines are now over 25 years old and are a mix of Dijon and Penfolds 58 clones. The red volcanic soil over limestone imparts the trademark minerality to the wine. "We get richness of fruit and oak, we get a chalk like element, we get river stones, and we get crushes of grapefruit pulp and nectarine. In short,

setting up an Indian summer with favourable conditions for ripening grapes

He negotiated the sale of Cloudy Bay (together with Cape Mentelle) to Joseph Henriot

There's so many dry reds from Australian Italian grape variety wines

"  Craggy Range

in La Morra

focused and tautly framed

Frederic Panaïotis has slowly been pushing a reductive style of winemaking since he took over in 2007

Command goes into 100% new American (65%) and French (35%) oak puncheons where it will rest

It's very concentrated and powerful

the Peabody family decided on the Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing district in Hawke's Bay and Te Muna Road in Martinborough to produce a collection of wines that speak very much of their place

Hohnen found the role of CEO somewhat stressful and was dissatisfied

36% merlot and 14% cabernet franc