Black Cottage Chardonnay Reserve 2016 Category_Liqueur which has always been the

which has always been the main character in the sparkling wine production

brown sugar and raisins

full attack

Intense and concentrated ruby red colour

Black Cottage Chardonnay Reserve 2016 Category_Liqueur which has always been the75 CL, 13. 5% ABV The grapes for this chardonnay were sourced from a vineyard in the Wairau Valley. A mixture of Clone 15, B95 and Mendoza clones were handpicked and whole bunch pressed into French oak barrels. The wine was fermented on light solids, followed by full malolactic fermentation. The wine was the aged for 11 months in 20% new and seasoned French oak barrels. A first sniff of the 2016 Reserve Chardonnay delivers stone fruit, lemon and soft