Pale straw colour. A nose that talks to our house style; oyster shell, roasted cashews and orange zest. The palate is as powerful as it is everlasting. Brioche, white peach flesh and kaffir lime flavours are all present, but the sophistication and detail give the wine the X factor. No hair out of place with oak, fruit and acid perfectly balanced. The creamy yet lasting acidity ensures that the flavour within the wine continues long after it leaves the mouth. An increasingly iconic Chardonnay in the NZ landscape.

Recommended Cellaring
10 – 25 years from vintage

Pale golden with a green hue. Seductive notes of wet stone, freshly grated lime zest and toasted cashews erupt from the glass. This wine is so full of life, complexity and flavour. The taught phenolics keep ripe stone fruit and grapefruit flesh in play, but it is undoubtedly the arrow of acidity and length that define this wine. Complex as it is delicious, this Chardonnay speaks volumes of the perfect vintage and uniqueness of the varietal on the Gimblett Gravels.

Food Match
Slow cooked pheasant, roast chicken, fresh pasta

Recommended Cellaring
10 – 25 years from vintage

Pale straw colour. A complex, but powerful mix of fresh cashews, cracked barley and white peach. The palate is elegant and long.  The stone fruit of the nose is replaced by citrus, a lemon line that is incredibly persistent. Fantastic tension that is kept in check by complementary oak.

Food Match
Roasted free-range chicken, char-grilled crayfish with fresh pasta

Recommended Cellaring
6-10 years from vintage

Pale straw colour. Aromatic charm aplenty with subtle notes of ripe peach, honey roasted nuts and lemon blossom. Lithe and long across the palate. Mid palate fruit richness is tempered by fine acidity and a lovely textural seam. Finishes dry and delicious.

Food Match
Grilled firmed flesh fish, roasted chicken and lemon and buffalo mozzarella risotto

Recommended Cellaring
6-10 years from vintage

Pale straw colour. Aromatic charm aplenty with subtle notes of ripe peach, honey roasted nuts and lemon blossom. Lithe and long across the palate. The mid-palate fruit richness is tempered by fine acidity and a lovely textural seam. Finishes dry and delicious.

Food Match
Poultry

Recommended Cellaring
6-8 years from vintage

Pale straw colour. Ripe peach, honey and lemon blossom create an intense bouquet with subtle toasted oak notes. Balanced and elegant on the palate. Refreshing acidity gives length whilst oak and fruit meld into complex layers of flavour with great textural interest.

Food Match
Poultry

Recommended Cellaring
6 – 8 years from vintage

Very pale straw colour with youthful green hues. Lifted lemon blossom and heady wind fallen citrus aromas provide a floral complexity. This is combined with mineral notes of flint and a piercing fruit core of white peach. The palate has intense fruit flavours, and is balanced and tempered by fresh acidity and a chalky texture. This wine is testimony to this great Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay vintage.

Food Match
Shellfish

Recommended Cellaring
 7-10 years from vintage

Very pale straw colour with youthful green hues. Floral aromatics of citrus blossom, acacia and clover honey meld with mineral characters of chalk dust and flint. Manadarin zest and lemon fruit flavours are given life and freshness via electric acidity. This is our most delicate and aromatic Les Beaux Cailloux yet with trademark power and length.

Food Match
Shellfish

Recommended Cellaring
 7-10 years from vintage

Pale straw colour. An aromatic array comprising of flint, peach pip, lemon blossom and hazelnut characters mesh for a complex bouquet. The palate possesses richness and warmth which is framed and balanced by a subtle phenolic texture and fresh acidity. Rich, complex and long.

Food Match
Rich shellfish dishes

Recommended Cellaring
5-7 years from vintage

Medium straw colour streaked with silver hues. Aromatically complex with citrus blossom, lemon zest, peach and baguette crust. This wine is tightly woven with taut acidity providing a tensile line through the palate which allows the complex flavours to unfold
slowly. Summer fruits, cashew and faint vanilla spring to mind.

Food Match
Rich shellfish dishes

Recommended Cellaring
6-10 years from vintage

Medium straw colour streaked with green. Complex aromatics of citrus blossom, lemon zest, peach kernel with a creamy yeast lees note. The palate has immense power of ripe fruits, finely balanced acidity and a smooth oak background supporting the fruit flavours that provide a richly flavoured wine of great poise and length.

Food Match
Rich seafood dishes

Recommended Cellaring
6-8 years from vintage

Straw in colour flecked with green. Aromas of peach, cream and hazelnut abound in a heady combination underpinned by zesty lemon notes. The palate is full bodied yet framed by bright acids that provide firmness, giving an elegance to the structure. Harmonious in all respect, perfectly balanced.

Food Match
Shellfish

Recommended Cellaring
Drink between 4-6 years of vintage

Youthful pale straw/lemon in colour. Citrus blossom and peach kernel meld seamlessly with grilled almond and flinty mineral notes. The palate conveys warmth whilst being neatly framed and balanced by natural acidity. Generous flavours of grapefruit, meyer lemon and almond are wrapped in a taught structure and provide a combination that will develop complexity.

Food Match
Poultry

Recommended Cellaring
5 years

In its youth the wine is pale straw/lemon in colour with complex aromas of ripe stonefruits, apples and preserved lemon complimented by roasted hazelnut and crème brulee notes. The palate is initiall forward and lush, with stonefruit and sweet apple flavours melded with hints of oatmeal, fresh grains and fine French oak.

Food Match
Poultry

Recommended Cellaring
Drink between 5-7 years of vintage

In its youth the wine is pale straw/lemon in colour with complex aromas of ripe stonefruits, apples and preserved lemon complimented by roasted hazelnut and crème brulee notes. The wine retains its typical bony texture to finish fine and long with just a hint of juicy fruit and acidity.

Food Match
Poultry

Recommended Cellaring
Drink between 5-7 years of vintage