Grapes for the Neudorf 'Tiritiri' Chardonnay come from grower sites close to the estate’s Home Vineyard on sun drenched, north facing slopes which are not ploughed. At the winery the wine was matured for 10 months in barrel on full lees with monthly battonage until the start of malolactic fermentation which occurred in the Spring, allowing only part of the wine to undergo malolactic. This delicious Chardonnay walks a tightrope of fruit, minerality, oak and acidity. Summer stone fruits are woven together with rockpool minerality combined with a layered texture from lees contact and delicate integration of oak. There is beautiful shape to this wine, voluminous without being overblown and tapering to a refreshing and modern finish. [#intro]This delicious Chardonnay is salivating, saline, crisp and dry...[/intro]