Meltwater Marlborough Chardonnay 2019 Size::1 Bottle The juice is cold-settled then

The juice is cold-settled then fermented with native yeasts and matured on lees for 17 months without racking

Fermentation occurs in seasoned barrels with careful attention to maintain purity of the aromatics

‘Darsho’ is effectively the ‘village’ wine and is named after one of the 40 salt lakes found on Lake Neuisedl

The commune is tiny

It is sourced from vineyards in two AVAs — Chehalem Mountains and Dundee Hills — that have fairly thin volcanic clay topsoil over fractured basalt

Meltwater Marlborough Chardonnay 2019 Size::1 Bottle The juice is cold-settled thenThis is absolutely outstanding and superb value. The fruit was sourced from a sustainably farmed, grower vineyard in the Omaka sub region of Marlborough. Hand harvested into small bins and then whole bunch pressed.