Villa Maria Keltern Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2018
97 POINTS: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
96 POINTS: Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, May 2020
96 POINTS: Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
94 POINTS: Robert Parker's - The Wine Advocate
"Stunning and elegant, this is exquisitely composed and expressed on the nose showing white flesh nectarine, grapefruit, fig and lemon pith characters with nuances of spicy oak and flint. The palate exhibits exceptional concentration and focus, wonderfully enhanced by refined texture and perfectly pitched acidity. It’s splendidly poised and brilliantly structured for a long haul. At its best: 2022 to 2030"
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"Intensely-flavoured and textural wine with its trademark struck match and fireworks reductive character dominating peach, citrus and spicy oak flavours. An impressive wine that promises to age well"
- Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, May 2020
"A single vineyard expression with an intense and complex bouquet - aromas of sweet citrus and white peach, apple, wet pebbles, sweet air - just before the rain - and fine new French oak. On the palate - equally complex, youthful and vibrant with flavours of lemon rind and apple, peach, white smoke and wood spices. Satin textures, medium+ acidity and oak, slowly coming into balance with a lengthy finish. A truly fine wine with intensity, complexity, charm and youthful energy. Decant for service with best drinking 2021 through 2027"
- Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
ABV: 13.5%