Novum Marlborough Chardonnay 2023

95 POINTS: Cameron Douglas MS
95 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team 

"An intriguing almost sensual bouquet of Chardonnay. Aromas of red apple and sweet peach tea, lees spices and white flowers, flint and chalk-like minerality, and a light dusting of fragrant baking spices. Very sophisticated and quite pure on the palate - dry, complex, even and lengthy. A precise palate weight with a youthful acid line, extremely fine wood tannins and fine lees texture. Flavours of white and yellow orchard fruits, wood spices and fine stone-like minerality. A delicious example, modern, youthful, complex and intriguing. Lots to like. Drink now and through 2026."
 - Cameron Douglas MS

“This wine is very similar to our 2017 release in its Burgundian-esque style. I really like the prominent oyster shell / saline flavour profile and the obvious linearity of the wine, which can both be attributed to the stoney vineyard soil.”
- William Hoare Winemaker 

ABV: 13.5%