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The Estate Chardonnay of Elephant Hill is predestined for the accompaniment of fish and seafood due to its salty minerality. Perfect with oysters, sushi, fresh and grilled seafood, salad with grilled shrimp or turkey breast strips. Also cuts a fine figure as an elegant aperitif with finger food or with ripe, not too spicy cheese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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This characterful wine is made from hand-picked grapes from Elephant Hills coastal vineyard Te Awanga. During the crucial summer months, the Hawke’s Bay vineyards had some long dry days with relatively low humidity, followed by perfect fall weather. This allowed the early ripening varieties, such as the Chardonnay, a wonderful purity and elegance of the fruit. The grapes were pressed whole. The fermentation was carried out with wild yeasts. Malolactic fermentation was deliberately omitted. The maturation took place for 11 months on the fine yeast in 228L oak barrels, of which 25 percent were new.<\/p>\n
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Wonderful, animating scent of citrus blossoms, green apple and grapefruit, accompanied by a subtle hazelnut note. On the palate with fine salty minerality. Very balanced and well structured. A wonderfully multi-layered Chardonnay with a large fruit concentration, a beautiful texture and a long-lasting finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4139,3845,3866,3872,4137,4141,4142,4148,4149,4161,4184,4189,4190],"product_tag":[3969,3993,4016,4055,4128,4130,4504,5689],"class_list":["post-7377","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-fruity-fresh","product_cat-wines","product_cat-wine-type","product_cat-white-wines","product_cat-wine-style","product_cat-savory-spicy","product_cat-clear-mineral","product_cat-white-varieties","product_cat-chardonnay-en","product_cat-wine-origin","product_cat-new-zealand","product_cat-hawkes-bay-en","product_cat-elephant-hill-winery-en","product_tag-chardonnay-en","product_tag-elephant-hill-en","product_tag-hawkes-bay-en","product_tag-new-zealand","product_tag-wines","product_tag-white-wines","product_tag-asparagus-cooked","product_tag-asparagus-en","pa_alkoholgehalt-13-5-en","pa_allergenhinweis-contains-sulphites","pa_anbau-bewirtschaftung-conventional","pa_ausbau-in-barrique-barrel","pa_dekantieren-empfohlen-no","pa_empfohlenes-glas-chardonnay-glass","pa_geschmack-dry","pa_jahrgang-2016-en","pa_lebensmittelunternehmer-wine-in-motion-gmbh-kellerweg-4-84494-neumarkt-sankt-veit-deutschland-en","pa_nettofuellmenge-0-75-en","pa_rebsorten-chardonnay-en","pa_reifepotential-until-2023","pa_restzucker-1-3-en","pa_saeure-6-6-en","pa_trinkreife-from-now","pa_trinktemperatur-8-10-en","pa_vegan-produziert-no","pa_verpackungseinheit-6-en","pa_verschlussart-screw-cap","pa_weingut-elephant-hill-en","pa_weinland-new-zealand","pa_weinregion-hawkes-bay-en","pa_weinstil-fruity-fresh","pa_weinstil-clear-mineral","pa_weinstil-mild-harmonious","pa_weintyp-white-wine","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n