Babich Lone Tree Chardonnay 2009
The Lone Tree label is exclusive to the New Zealand market and is mostly sold in restaurants. From our two estate-owned Hawke’s Bay vineyards, this un-oaked Chardonnay offers a creamy palate with melon and peach flavours (without the intrusion of oak) and a clean, dry finish.
Winemaker Notes
Region:
Hawke's Bay
Recommended Food:
A versatile wine that will enhance a wide variety of dishes.
Recommended Cellaring:
0-4 years
Production Notes:
Parcels of premium Hawke’s Bay fruit were pressed into stainless steel tanks and cool fermented. Several yeast strains where employed to express differing characters within the wine. The separate parcels were combined and lightly fined prior to bottling.
Technical Notes:
Alcohol: 13.5%
TA: 6.5g/l
pH: 3.47
Residual Sugar: 3.1 g/l
Tasting Notes:
Enticing straw yellow colour. Aromas of ripe tinned pineapple, sweet apricots and peach are abundant in the glass. Packed with fruit flavours, predominantly apples and peaches, it has lovely full weight, great body and viscosity. A rewarding and lingering citrus finish helps make this is an enjoyable and easy drinking wine.
Awards
16.5/20 -Raymond Chan, www.raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz, June, 2011
Wine Writer Reviews
"An easy-drinking un-oaked Chardonnay showing gentle fruit flavours of golden apple, peach and citrus. The palate is juicy and gently framed with soft texture and crisp acidity."
-Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2011
"Chardonnay fruit from Hawke’s Bay cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 13.5% alc. and 3.1 g/L rs and bottled without any oak contact. Bright straw-yellow colour with some golden hues, the bouquet is full, open and broad with ripe tropical fruits, apricots and peaches, quite lifted and bright. Medium full-bodied, the palate has tight, but lush, uncomplicated flavours of citrus fruits and apricots. There is good intensity and drive, with acidity carrying through to a soft, textured, drying finish. Serve with antipasto, seafood and poultry over the next 2-3 years."
16.5/20
-Raymond Chan, www.raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz, June, 2011
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