What the winery says about the Ata Rangi 'Petrie' Chardonnay 2009

The wonderful 2009 season delivered a deeper, slightly more savoury and more complex Chardonnay than previously seen from the Petrie Vineyard site. The first impression is of fat, ripe, golden peaches and freshly baked almond custard croissant. If you still need convincing, add a hint of citrus to the palate which is concentrated, long and tight with a touch of flinty minerality and a light wash of spicy oak. This is one of the best ever releases of Petrie Chardonnay, with its sense of being very ‘whole and complete’. Nothing missing, and nothing overdone. Owned by the Petrie family, the consistently top performing and very low-yielding is twenty minutes drive north of Martinborough on gravelly river terraces at East Taratahi. The wine carries the WAIRARAPA version on the logo to differentiate it from wines made wholly from Martinborough fruit.

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