Huia Marlborough Blanc de Blanc Brut Sparkling 2016

The nose shows lovely bready and biscuity characters with an underlying toasty character. The palate is rich in peach fruit with ripe citrus flavours. There is a delicate creaminess ending with a long elegant dry finish.

Country: New Zealand

Region: Marlborough

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 13%

Grapes are hand harvested, whole bunch pressed. Warm fast barrel fermentation then full malolactic fermentation and aged on gross lees in old French oak. The secondary yeast fermentation was conducted in the bottle. Aged on the yeast lees in bottle for three and a half years then hand riddled over a five week period before disgorging.