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Felton Road Bannockburn Chardonnay 2010
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Citrus flowers combined with the zest of pink grapefruit forms the nose. The palate is texturally broad and plush, yet the flavours stay taut and seriously focussed. There is a refreshing mineral and acid spine on which the pink grapefruit and blood orange flavours integrate with a lingering toastiness. Very clean into the finish, textural, pure and mineral. A real energy in this wine.
Vintage: The season started slowly after a cool and wet winter. There were some frosts throughout the spring but nothing severe that couldn’t be fought and no damage was sustained. Excellent weather during flowering and with a little green harvest in some blocks, resulted in perfect crop loads and a very even bunch maturity. January was cool and wet but then February and March balanced this with warm and very dry weather. The vines were in very healthy condition with harvest commencing on March 30 and concluding on April 23. There was nothing extraordinary about the growing season and it can be regarded as a very fine year. Low sugar levels at harvest (important to keep alcohols from climbing too high) and stable acidities were a very pleasing aspect of the 2010 vintage.
Vineyard & Viticulture: Felton Road farms three properties totaling 32 ha in the Bannockburn sub-region of Central Otago. Meticulous summer management of a single vertical shoot positioned (VSP) canopy ensures even and early fruit maturity. Shoot thinning, shoot positioning, leaf plucking, bunch thinning and harvest are all carried out by hand to ensure optimum quality fruit. Cover crops are planted between rows to assist in vine balance and to improve soil health and general biodiversity.
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WBW Rating: 94/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Central Otago New Zealand |
Winemaker: Blair Walter
Drink now until: 2016
Alc/Vol: 14 %
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