Alpha Domus Unoaked Chardonnay Hawke's Bay NZ (Stelvin Closure) - 2006 / 07
Where it's from:
>New Zealand
>Hawke's Bay
Price per case:
£114.49
Bottle size:
75 cl
Bottles per case:
12
Style:
Rich Dry Whites
Grapes:
Chardonnay
Description:
This traditionally styled Hawke's Bay Chardonnay has a well-defined bouquet of ripe peach and melon aromas. Laced with oaky nuances, a complex palate with smooth buttery texture and clean citrus finish.
The wine displays a rich aroma of berry-fruit, balanced by smoky oak and hints of spices carried through to the pallet, big in flavour and yet elegant in texture with a firm lingering finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Aromas of blackberry and blackcurrant fruits with cedar and minty overtones are supported by hints of classic cigar-box aromas and the subtle oak that complete the intense and complex nose. An intense palate of plum and blackberry flavours underscores a range of spices and ripe chalky tannins. The wine finishes with finely integrated oak carried by lasting sweet fruit. (6 x 75 cl)
This is a deep, dark coloured wine with a bouquet redolent with the aroma of plum and blackcurrant, with hints of mint and classic cedar cigar-box characters peaking through. The palate is well-integrated and displays ripe berry-fruit flavours wrapped around a smooth silky texture and mellow tannins supported by subtle oak. The fruit influenced finish is long and savoury. Serve this wine at room temperature with red meats and strongly flavoured pasta dishes. (12 x 75 cl)
Light-straw with green tinges, this wines shows an aroma of ripe tropical fruit and gooseberry. This wine is dry with a touch of sweetness on the palate. (12 x 75 cl)
A rich and weighty wine showing evidence of very ripe fruit. Flavours of citrus and pineapple are overlaid with a subtle oak and nutty complexity from barrel fermentation and lees ageing. Long and complex, this wine will develop with careful cellaring. (12 x 75 cl)
A deep red wine with a ripe and complex bouquet of berry fruits and oak character. The plumpness of the Merlot is complimented by the perfume and front palate sweetness of the Cabernet (12 x 75 cl)
A very aromatic and ripely fruited wine. Stonefruit, pineapples,passionfruit and citrus flavours marry together on the nose and palate of this Hawkes Bay wine. The wine is dry but concentrated with a long finish. (12 x 75 cl)