Bouldevines Vineyard Chardonnay

Complex and enticing grapefruit, citrus and white peach characters are complemented by struck-flint, spice and vanilla. In the glass the wine is loaded with texture. Stone fruit and citrus are underpinned by a flinty mineral flavour and toasty complexity. The wine has great balance and length and will reward cellaring for the next five years.

WINEMAKING

Marlborough's trademark sunshine in late 2023 and early 2024 meant that summer was consistently hot, dry and windy - removing disease pressure, while fruit development prgressed rapidly. The near-perfect conditions during harvest meant our grapes were picked at full ripeness, while some cooler evenings ensured that acidity was kept in balance. The fruit for this wine was hand-selected and hand picked, then taken straight to the winery and whole bunch pressed. After pressing the juice was mixed together and then later transferred into a selection of 500 litre barrels. 36% of these were new oak. The wine completed wild fermentation and full malolactic fermentation in the barrels, before aging for 10 months. 

2024 Tasting Note

2023 Tasting Note

2020 Tasting Note 

ACCOLADES & REVIEWS

95 points & Gold | Decanter World Wine Awards 2026
"Full of sass and swagger, unleashing indulgent smoky matchstick and roasted stone fruit onto the nose and palate. Crunchy and rounded with persistent length."

Champion Wine of the Show, Champion Chardonnay & Wine of Provenance | Marlborough Wine Show 2025

92 points | Erin Larkin Wine Advocate 2026
"The 2024 Bouldevines Vineyard Chardonnay is from the Omaka Valley in Marlborough, and the wine leads with smoky reduction on the nose. The fruit in the mouth is concentrated and peachy, with notes of custard, caramel, yellow peach, sweet orange blossom and briny acidity woven throughout. The acidity remains true to Marlborough—that is to say, high—despite the mitigating impact of malolactic fermentation."

93 points & excellent | Cameron Douglas MS, 2025
"A complex bouquet and palate with a well defined fruit and French oak. Flavours of fresh California peach then grapefruit and red apple, followed by vanilla and whipped cream with an custard and smoky wood idea. A youthful acid line, fine fruit and wood tannins, full-bodied and dry on the finish, a delicious wine ready to drink from late 2025 through 2029+"

92 points | James Suckling, 2025
"Nicely concentrated and layered nose of white stone fruit, fresh almonds and hints of freshly baked bread, smoke and flint. Tense and waxy on the palate, with a medium to full body and spicy complexity at the end."

93 points | The Real Review, 2025
"Savoury, funky reduction leads to a generous, layered and rich palate with creamy, nutty flavours, almond meal, sautéed mushroom and white peach. The oak marries well with the richness of fruit and hint of sweetness on the finish. Despite its youthful accessibility, this possesses oodles of substance and displays notable palate density which will reward time in the cellar to allow tertiary development"

94 points | New Zealand International Wine Show 2025