Halliday Marlborough 2016 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

FEATURED WINES IN THIS REVIEW

• Halliday Family Estate Marlborough Chardonnay 2016
  Chardonnay from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 31-Aug-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright straw-yellow colour with pale golden hue and some depth. The nose is softly fresh with aromas of ripe yellow stonefruits and citrus fruits, and subtle creamy barrel-ferment and nutty oak notes, unfolding a little lemon-curd MLF. The aromatics show a gentle depth. Medium-full bodied, the palate is fresh and elegant, slender in presentation with moderately deep flavours of yellow stonefruits and citrus fruits, along with subtle creamy and nutty oak notes. The mouthfeel is lively and bright with fresh acidity and the wine flows with good linearity along a fine-textured phenolic thread leading to a lingering finish of citrus fruit, lemon-curd MLF notes and nutty oak. This is a bright and fresh Chardonnay with stonefruit and citrus flavours and subtle notes of nutty oak and MLF. Match with seafood and poultry over the next 3-4 years. Fruit from the ‘Lone Gum’ vineyard, 40% fermented in 50% new French oak to 13.1% alc., the wine 9 months on lees undergoing batonnage and partial MLF. 17.5-/20 Sep 2017 RRP $18.95
• Halliday Family Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
  Pinot Noir from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 31-Aug-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Moderately deep ruby-red colour with good heart, lighter on the rim. The nose is fresh and bright with ripe fruit aromas of dark red cherry and berry fruit harmoniously melded with a subtle layer of dark herbs, unfolding some aromatic oak. Medium-full bodied, the palate has rich and sweet, juicy flavours of dark cherries and berries, with subtle notes of dark herbs, revealing red florals and sweet oak. The fruit richness is underlined by light, supple grainy tannin extraction, with balanced, fresh acidity. The fruit flavours carry with good drive to a lingering, sweet, cherry-berry finish. This is a fresh, bright, sweet-fruited Pinot Noir with cherry and berry flavours along with herb nuances and aromatic oak on a lightly structured palate. Match with poultry and pork over the next 4 years. Fruit from the ‘Lone Gum’ vineyard destemmed and fermented to 14.3% alc., the wine aged approx. 10 month in 30% new French oak barriques. 17.5+/20 Sep 2017 RRP $25.95