EV GD Seabed Chardonnay 2020

Prior to the 1931 Napier earthquake the vineyard was a tidal estuary where the Esk River met the Ahuriri inner harbour, the land now drained still retains remants of its past with seashell deposits interspersed throughout the maritime clays. This gives this wine its distinctive qualities and its name.

The fruit was handpicked and chilled overnight before being loaded as whole clusters into the press and run directly to barrel for fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wine then underwent extended barrel ageing with occasional lee’s stirring before blending and bottling without finings in September 2021.

This is a full bodied and creamy textured chardonnay which displays complex flavours of white peach, grilled nuts and grapefruit with a long smokey finish. Made with a hands off approach it is a complex and ageworthy wine which showcases the land in which it is grown. Suitable for plant based diets. Perfect white meat dishes including roast chicken and pork or rich seafood dishes especially crayfish

• Region: Hawkes Bay
• Varietal: Chardonnay
• Size: 750ml
• Vintage: 2020
• Case size: 6x bottles
• Awards & Reviews:
  1. 90/100 Points - Rebecca Gibb MW Vinous 2022 (United Kingdom)