Millton Opou Chardonnay Vintage:2019

Millton Opou Chardonnay Vintage:2019This wine has brightness and clarity of light and aroma. It is well gathered and has harmony across the overall taste. There is an air of antiquity in this style yet a new world lift which makes for a very satisfying glass of wine. Warm and delicious, fine yet complex reflecting its true sense of belonging. Opou Vineyard is an old vineyard planted with a mixture of Chardonnay selections. The soil type is complex clay loam over river derived silts

Picnic Pinot Noir is made in a diminutive style aimed to reflect the characters that Central Otago Pinot does so very well

lashings of orange and red-fruit

before creating Ferghettina in 1990

savoury undertones and spicy oak

A small portion was fermented on solids and in barrels with the remainder undergoing stainless steel tank fermentation

Tannins are ripe and provide welcome grip and structure

Fermented in a combination of stainless steel tanks

along with spicy notes clove and dark chocolate

Ideal as an aperitif

Latin and velveteen

and we didn’t realise how the noises of the old presses and fruit hitting the hopper were such a part of harvest

with plenty of palate weight and length