NZ Listener: NZ's Top 30 Chardonnays

by Michael Cooper

Style and Substance: The Chardonnay Grape is the source of some NZ’s top white wines

Flaxmore Moutere Chardonnay 2021 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

“Already highly enjoyable, the 2021 vintage (4.5*) was estate-grown and hand-harvested in the Moutere hills, and fermented and matured for nine months in oak barrels (15 per cent new). Bright, light yellow/green, it is an invitingly fragrant, full-bodied wine, with strong, ripe stonefruit flavours, showing very good complexity, finely integrated oak, balanced acidity and a creamy-textured finish. Savoury and harmonious, it should be at its best 2024+”