2023 Neudorf 'Home Block' Moutere Chardonnay, Nelson
James Suckling 96 (2024)
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At a glance
- Grape
- Chardonnay
- Region
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Alcohol
- 13.50%
- Body
- Medium to full
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Poultry, Seafood, Pasta, Risotto
Why this wine
Neudorf have been making Chardonnay in the Moutere hills since 1978 and are routinely named among the southern hemisphere's best. The Home Block is their original planting on clay-gravel soil. Textured and mineral — New Zealand's answer to white Burgundy, and it holds the comparison.
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Description
How it tastes
Elegant and refined, this organic New Zealand Chardonnay reveals layers of oyster shell, cashew, and gentle oak with remarkable purity, balance, and sophistication. Subtle and complex aromas of oyster shell, roasted cashew, and flint overlay notes of white peach, citrus blossom, and brioche. Gentle oak spice adds depth and harmony. Concentrated yet graceful, with layers of stone fruit, lemon curd, and almond cream over a textured, mineral core. The wine of power is matched by restraint, displaying fine acidity, polished oak, and an enduring, saline finish of remarkable clarity. Contains sulphites. Information provided to the best of our knowledge at time of publication and subject to change by vintage.
The producer
Founded in 1978 by Tim and Judy Finn, Neudorf Vineyards is a pioneering estate in Nelson and one of New Zealand's most respected wineries. The Finns early plantings helped define modern New Zealand Chardonnay, particularly the acclaimed Moutere style. Today, their daughter Rosie Finn continues the legacy alongside winemaker Todd Stevens and viticulturalist Stef Brockley. The estate is organically certified, dry-farmed, and powered by solar energy. Neudorf of wines express precision, restraint, and longevity, crafted from old vines rooted in clay and gravel soils that capture Nelson of luminous sunshine and maritime freshness
Food and drinking
Good with poultry, seafood, pasta and risotto. Drinking well now, with a decade or more ahead of it. Serve at 10–12°C.