Tiki Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Barrel-fermented Chardonnay from our Waipara Valley home block.

Sold by the six-pack.

2024 vintage
94 points, Cameron Douglas MS, The Shout
5 stars, 93 points, Wine Orbit

An excellent bouquet and palate with a mix of fresh peach and apricot, then grapefruit and mandarin, vanilla, and roasted nut. Fresh and youthful, with plenty of texture from acidity and tannins, a reductive quality, and stony mineral, leading to a chalky mouthfeel. Nice weight and tension with persistent flavours and a lengthy finish.
Cameron Douglas MS, The Shout

Tasting note
Colour: pale straw green.
Nose and palate: interlinking aromas of nectarine and stone fruits, vanilla and roasted hazelnut, offering a flavoursome palate of succulent fruit with stylish complexity and a delicious finish.

The detail
Region: 100% Waipara Valley, North Canterbury
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
Maturation: fermented and aged for 11 months in a combination of new and old oak
Alcohol: 14.5%
Acidity (TA): 7.03 g/L
Residual sugar: 1.73 g/L
pH: 3.34

Winemaking
The Chardonnay was hand-picked across three different blocks, each differing on flavour, Brix and acidity. Once picked, the fruit was transported to the winery, sent across the sorting table, then transferred as whole bunches to the press. The juice was gently squeezed and settled for 12 hours in tank, then transferred to barrel for 100% natural (wild) fermentation. The barrel configuration was a mix of new, one year old and older French barriques. Post fermentation, the barrels were stirred fortnightly for two months, then left to sit over winter, going through malolactic fermentation naturally in the spring. Blending took place in January and the wine was bottled in March.

Earlier vintages
2023: 5 stars (94 points), Wine Orbit. 93 points, North Canterbury Wine Competition 2024. 92 points premium plus, Cameron Douglas MS. 90 points, James Suckling.