Bouldevines Vineyard Chardonnay
$0.00Complex and enticing grapefruit, citrus and white peach characters are complemented by struck-flint, vanilla and spicy oak flavours. This wine is textural, with great balance and length. Immediately enjoyable, this wine will reward cellaring for the next five years.
Bouldevines Vineyard Chardonnay
Our Single Vineyard wines hail from premium vineyard sites and represent the best of our region. Made in limited quantities, Single Vineyard wines display a focused and deep understanding of the site.
The Vineyard
The Bouldevines Vineyard is located at the entrance to the Omaka Valley, inland from the coast. This vineyard sits in the Southern Valleys, with soils that are stony, alluvial, and free draining. The inland location is cooler, allowing the Chardonnay grapes to achieve optimum ripeness and expressive fruit flavour, while retaining vibrant acidity.
Winemaking Notes
2020 would’ve been the perfect harvest, if it wasn’t for COVID-19. A dry spring, summer and autumn reduced disease pressure and supressed berry growth. Late summer brought Marlborough’s trademark cool nights, which aided the development of aromatics and the retention of acidity. The introduction of a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID coincided with the beginning of picking. Our vineyard and winery teams moved incredibly fast to adhere to strict distancing and hygiene protocols to allow us to continue to harvest. The fruit for this wine was hand-picked in the cool of the morning, then taken straight to the winery and whole-bunch pressed. After pressing, the juice was sent to barrel, including a selection of older and new oak puncheons and barriques (40% new). Here it completed wild fermentation and full malolactic fermentation, before aging for 10 months.
Cellaring Recommendation
This wine is immediately enjoyable but will continue to drink well for the next five years.