Spring Creek Estate Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 (By Hunter's Wines)

Spring Creek Estate Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 (By Hunter's Wines)French oak Stonefruit Ripe pear Well balanced The wine has a fruity nose with beautiful stone fruit and ripe pear characters with some citrus undertones. The palate shows light apple aromas that complement this wines subtle toasty oak flavour on the palate. This wine is well balanced and can be enjoyed now or over the next 5 years. The 2020 growing season was one to remember for the amazing weather conditions in Marlborough. During Summer and Autumn,

• French oak
• Stonefruit
• Ripe pear
• Well balanced

The wine has a fruity nose with beautiful stone-fruit and ripe pear characters with some citrus undertones. The palate shows light apple aromas that complement this wine’s subtle toasty oak flavour on the palate. This wine is well-balanced and can be enjoyed now or over the next 5 years.

The 2020 growing season was one to remember for the amazing weather conditions in Marlborough. During Summer and Autumn, we had warm and dry conditions throughout, allowing for clean fruit and an early start to the vintage. These conditions resulted in grapes that was picked with good natural acidity relative to their sugar and flavour ripeness. 2020 will prove to be an exceptional vintage.

Chardonnay grapes were sourced from the Rapaura and Omaka sub regions of Marlborough. We have been using the same vineyards for many years which gives the wine a certain level of consistency. The grapes were picked by machine or hand depending on the block and pressed without sulphur to a stainless-steel vat. The cloudy juice was transferred into 500 litre French oak puncheons for fermentation. Indigenous yeasts were employed for alcoholic fermentation after which, 80% malolactic fermentation occurred. The wine was aged in puncheons on yeast lees for 12 months before racked off its lees ready for bottling.