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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2023

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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2023
Producer Pyramid Valley
Region, Country North Canterbury, New Zealand
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 26240-750

The North Canterbury Chardonnay comes from two vineyards, principally Waipara Springs, where old-vine Mendoza Chardonnay grows on the Omihi clay soils. Hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed, the juice was transferred to barrel without settling, before undergoing wild fermentation in French oak (28% new). The wine remained on lees without sulphur for 12 months before being racked to tank in April 2024 in preparation for a second winter on light lees. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, it’s a super classy, saline expression, rich with great old-vine density and tightened up by bright acidity.

Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2023

Reviews

"Genuinely old vines provided the fruit for the 2023 Chardonnay North Canterbury. Hailing from a frost-affected season, there's concentration here, yet it is open and approachable. It's intriguingly textured: initially succulent, with a gourmand sense of chew that lingers on the mouthwatering finish. Its cool-climate acidity provides lively brightness. Expect fruit flavors of lemon, honey, nectarine and lees-derived nutty pastry on this young but ready-to-drink Chardonnay."
90 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
"The 2023 North Canterbury Chardonnay leads with a creamy nose of crushed nuts, almond meal, white orchard fruits and custard apple. In the mouth, the wine is textural, powerful and full of flavor, with a creamy finish that trails out over the finish. This is a ripe wine defined by its lees complexity and construction. There's an open-weave aspect to this wine that is very appealing. It's floral too. It matured in French oak for 12 to 18 months prior to bottling without fining or filtration. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
92 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
"Youthful, varietal, waves of intensity showing ripe stone fruits then barrel spices, plenty of lees action then grapefruit, peach and red apple. Delicious on the palate with complex flavours and textures. Lemonade lemons and grapefruit, wild flowers and white soils peach and red apple flavours are framed polished tannins and a delicious saline and salivating acid line. Well made, lengthy and youthful. There’s some tautness as well an elegance inviting a glass pour immediately."
95 points, Cam Douglas, MS

Reviews

"Genuinely old vines provided the fruit for the 2023 Chardonnay North Canterbury. Hailing from a frost-affected season, there's concentration here, yet it is open and approachable. It's intriguingly textured: initially succulent, with a gourmand sense of chew that lingers on the mouthwatering finish. Its cool-climate acidity provides lively brightness. Expect fruit flavors of lemon, honey, nectarine and lees-derived nutty pastry on this young but ready-to-drink Chardonnay."
90 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
"The 2023 North Canterbury Chardonnay leads with a creamy nose of crushed nuts, almond meal, white orchard fruits and custard apple. In the mouth, the wine is textural, powerful and full of flavor, with a creamy finish that trails out over the finish. This is a ripe wine defined by its lees complexity and construction. There's an open-weave aspect to this wine that is very appealing. It's floral too. It matured in French oak for 12 to 18 months prior to bottling without fining or filtration. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
92 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
"Youthful, varietal, waves of intensity showing ripe stone fruits then barrel spices, plenty of lees action then grapefruit, peach and red apple. Delicious on the palate with complex flavours and textures. Lemonade lemons and grapefruit, wild flowers and white soils peach and red apple flavours are framed polished tannins and a delicious saline and salivating acid line. Well made, lengthy and youthful. There’s some tautness as well an elegance inviting a glass pour immediately."
95 points, Cam Douglas, MS

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