Greywacke Chardonnay 2023

Made from fruit grown in the Wairau Plains and the Omaka Valley, this is supremely youthful with its initial note of lemon- and smoke-bathed sweetcorn kernel. Supple smokiness speaks of the oak ageing, while the palate plunges deep into immense juiciness, again recalling that tropical edge of pineapple juiciness. All is here, with such fill, such brightness. This is both super-smooth and utterly lip-smacking. Exquisite tension for now is bedded softly in creamy oak. Drinking window: 2030-2055. (Anne Krebiehl, MW,decanter.com,Sept. 7, 2025)