Settlement Chardonnay 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case A ruby-red rich wine with

A ruby-red rich wine with plummy fruits on the nose

the wine is drinking beautifully now and will cellar well for many years to come

oak and thyme character that is on full display

with a long complex finish

After crushing and destemming

Settlement Chardonnay 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case A ruby-red rich wine withPoplars vineyard is further south in the Brancott Valley, just next to the famous Section 94 vineyard. Named after trees surrounding the site the vines were planted in 1992, Mendoza clone (now 28 years old). Alluvium soils over a clay subsoil as opposed to the river rock silt of the Wairau valley floor. Hand picked, racked of solids, wild ferment in barrel, then elevage for 12 months, 15% new.