Keith Tulloch Chardonnay 2022 vs Te Pa The Reserve Collection Seaside Sauvignon Blanc 2023
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| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £20.49 | £20.49 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Keith Tulloch | — |
| Style | White | White |
| Grape | Chardonnay | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Region | — | Marlborough |
| Country | — | New Zealand |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Keith Tulloch Chardonnay 2022
Bright, focused and elegant, this Hunter Valley Chardonnay perfectly showcases the region’s signature cool-climate character and fruit purity. Crafted from low-yielding, mature vines, it offers a harmonious balance of lively natural acidity, delicate oak complexity, and a creamy texture that makes it a refined and age-worthy expression of Australian Chardonnay. Meet the producer “I cannot remember being more impressed with an initial release of wines than those,” said James Halliday when he tasted Keith Tulloch’s Hunter Valley range. The winery has long been celebrated for its precise, terroir-driven approach, producing wines that combine elegance, structure, and cellaring potential. Production The Hunter Chardonnay vineyard was planted over 20 years ago and sits immediately adjacent to the Semillon block – ensuring low yields, fine fruit concentration, and bright natural acidity. This Hunter Valley Chardonnay is 100% barrel fermented and matured in a mix of new and young deluxe French oak barriques for six months, contributing harmony from start to finish. Malolactic fermentation is minimised to retain freshness and vibrancy. The unclarified wine is left on lees for 3 months to preserve fruit purity, while the lightly toasted French oak enhances texture and complexity. Tasting notes Fruit from outstanding Hunter vineyards gives this wine a brightness of aroma and excellent length of flavour. The nose is saline, slightly grassy, with subtle struck match notes. Palate shows nectarine, honeydew, and pineapple characters, complemented by fine vanilla oak-spices and sur-lies creaminess, resulting in a balanced, elegant, and textured wine with excellent cellaring potential. Food match Thanks to its oak ageing and structured fruit, this Chardonnay stands up to strong-flavoured dishes, including cheese soufflés, creamy mustard sauces with pork or chicken, as well as salmon, lobster, shellfish, poultry, and soft cheeses.
Te Pa The Reserve Collection Seaside Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Te Pa Reserve Seaside Sauvignon Blanc is a single-vineyard white wine of exceptional quality from the Wairau Bar Home Vineyard in Marlborough , New Zealand . Sourced from two of the vineyard's historically best-performing blocks, just 200 metres from the sea, this is a wine that carries the unmistakable imprint of its coastal terroir in every sip. Why You'll Love It This is Sauvignon Blanc at Reserve level, and it shows. The Seaside block's bony, sand and shingle soils produce fruit of remarkable precision, with a briny, saline character that is genuinely distinctive and utterly compelling. Blended with a smaller parcel from richer alluvial soils closer to the Wairau River, the result is a wine of real complexity and balance, generous yet restrained, exotic yet elegant. Vineyard and Production Two of the best-performing blocks at the Wairau Bar Home Vineyard were selected for this Reserve bottling, with additional yield and canopy management applied in the growing season. Seaside Block 4 (80%) runs parallel to the beach at just 200 metres from the sea. Its compositionally sandy and shingle soils, low in organic matter, produce fruit with bright acidity, citrus and floral notes, and a subtle, intriguing briny salinity. Block 2 (20%) sits approximately 1,200 metres from the beach, with rich alluvial soils that support a healthy canopy and contribute ripe, fleshy stone fruit and exotic flavours. Tasting Notes Ripe and generous on the nose, with aromas of stone fruit, guava and lychee, lifted by lovely citrus and floral elements that lend elegance and restraint. The palate is dry but full of fleshy fruit, with delicate exotic notes of gooseberry and passionfruit, finishing with a distinctive and appealing hint of coastal salinity. Perfect Pairings Outstanding as an aperitif and equally at home at the table. Pairs beautifully with fresh seafood, grilled fish, sushi, soft goat's cheese or a light Asian-inspired dish. The saline finish makes it a natural partner for oyster
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