{"product_id":"2023-neudorf-home-block-moutere-chardonnay-nelson","title":"2023 Neudorf 'Home Block' Moutere Chardonnay, Nelson","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOyster shell, cashew and gentle oak, gracefully intertwined. Powerful yet restrained and poised, with complex purity, a crescendo through the middle and the structure to age. Chardonnay 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim and Judy Finn founded Neudorf in 1978 as pioneers of Nelson wine — Tim was a founding member of Sustainable Winegrowing NZ — and the estate is now run by their daughter Rosie with winemaker Todd Stevens and viticulturist Stef Brockley, on solar power, in lightweight glass. The Home Block is the vineyard the Finns bought in 1978 and the source of the original Moutere Chardonnay, some of the first Chardonnay planted in the South Island: clay and gravel, dry-farmed, certified organic, with Bokashi compost, under-vine mowing and minimal sprays, hand-picked. The juice was pressed gently, settled 24–48 hours and fermented with wild yeast and high solids in French barriques, 15% new, on full lees for ten months with monthly stirring through natural malolactic, then three months on fine lees in tank. 2023 was a generous, trouble-free season giving wines of volume and precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood with roast chicken, crayfish, scallops and mushroom dishes. Drinking well now and will develop for eight to ten years. Serve at 10–12°C. Certified organic; suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neudorf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56270133592447,"sku":"HNW-5120223A","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/neudorf.webp?v=1761210997","url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/products\/2023-neudorf-home-block-moutere-chardonnay-nelson","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}