Matawhero Gisborne Sv Chardonnay 2025
Trust your Taste
Ripe peach, melon and fig meet butterscotch and a creamy texture in this Gisborne Chardonnay. It is generous and smooth, with a little nutty detail. Try it with chicken, seafood or a mild cheese when you feel like a white with a softer, richer character.
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Creaminess, gentle acidity and generous ripe fruit clearly favour Soft palates. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.
This suits you if you enjoy creamy Chardonnay with ripe stone fruit and gentle freshness.
It may not suit you if you prefer very lean, sharply citrusy whites.
Tasting Notes
- Region New Zealand
- Extras New
- Style ChardonnayRich Oaky Whites
- Type White
- Grapes Chardonnay
- Body Full
Tasting Notes
- Region New Zealand
- Extras New
- Style ChardonnayRich Oaky Whites
- Type White
- Grapes Chardonnay
- Body Full
How this wine feels
This has a rounded, creamy middle and plenty of ripe fruit. Freshness is gentle rather than sharp, and there is very little drying grip. It is an inviting choice if you like the comforting texture of a richer Chardonnay.
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How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.
The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.
The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.
Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.
How smooth and rounded the wine feels.
Ripe fruit character. This is not a sugar-sweetness rating.
Ripe fruit flavours can be present in dry wines. Sweet-Fruit Expression describes fruit character, not residual sugar.
Behind the bottle
Mendoza-clone Chardonnay from the Tietjen vineyard in Gisborne’s Hexton Hills, known as the Golden Slopes.
Night-harvested fruit was gently pressed and fermented with indigenous yeast, followed by controlled malolactic fermentation.
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