Tony Bish 2017 ‘Heartwood’ and ‘Golden Egg’ Chardonnays

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• Tony Bish ‘Heartwood’ Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2017
  Chardonnay from New Zealand - Hawke's Bay

  Review Date : 07-May-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Brilliant light golden-yellow colour with some depth, a little lighter on the edge. The nose is softly concentrated with good depth and intensity of aromatic yellow stonefruits and citrus fruits, along with a little oak vanillin providing lift, unfolding subtle nutty oak and creamy barrel-ferment notes, and a little complexing oxidative detail. Medium-bodied, the palate has sweetly rich and softly concentrated flavours of yellow stonefruits and a little citrus fruit, along with creamy barrel-ferment and lifted, nutty oak elements. The fruit forms a rounded, moderately concentrated and well-balanced core, with a fresh underlay of lacy acidity that lends freshness and energy. The wine carries with good linearity to a lingering finish. This is a gently rounded and concentrated Chardonnay with stonefruit, lifted oak vanillins and nutty oak detail on a fresh, linear palate. Match with poultry and pork over the next 4 years. 100% Mendoza clone Chardonnay in approx. equal parts from Upper Dartmoor and Bay View, hand-picked and WBP, 95% fermented in barrel and 5% in new French oak ‘Ovum’ to 13.0% alc., the wine aged approx. 12 months in 25% new Taransaud oak, undergoing batonnage and 100% MLF. 18.5/20 May 2018 RRP $35.00
• Tony Bish ‘Golden Egg’ Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2017
  Chardonnay from New Zealand - Hawke's Bay

  Review Date : 07-May-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, even, pale golden-yellow colour with slight green hues, a little paler on the rim. The nose is softly full and even in volume with refined white and yellow stonefruit aromas along with nutty, smoky lees that form a soft overlay to the fruit. Some mineral elements emerge. This has aromatic depth and purity. Medium-bodied, the palate has a tightly bound and concentrated heart of white and yellow stonefruits along with nutty and minerally lees flavours. The fruit is well-packed and enlivened by fine, fresh acidity and the wine carries along a very fine-featured line with good drive and energy. The flavours are bright, fresh and lead to a long finish of nuts and minerals. This is an elegant, tightly bound and finely concentrated Chardonnay with stonefruit and nutty, minerally lees interest and a fine, linear core. Serve with seafood and poultry over the next 4+ years. 100% Mendoza clone fruit, 70% from Upper Dartmoor and 30% from Bay View, hand-picked and WBP, 87% fermented in concrete egg, 8% in new French oak barrels and 5% in new French oak ‘Ovum’ to 13.5% alc., the wine give some batonnage over 12 months, undergoing 75% MLF. 18.5+/20 May 2018 RRP $40.00