Black Cottage Chardonnay Reserve 2016 Category_Liqueur while adding great mid palate

while adding great mid palate fruit characteristics to the Vermouth on which to carry the botanicals

brown sugar and raisins

Intense and concentrated ruby red colour

Dry and saline

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Black Cottage Chardonnay Reserve 2016 Category_Liqueur while adding great mid palate75 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