Settlement Chardonnay 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case A wine for laying down

A wine for laying down

Made from Sheep Whey

with a long complex finish

A ruby-red rich wine with plummy fruits on the nose

oak and thyme character that is on full display

Settlement Chardonnay 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case A wine for laying downPoplars vineyard is further south in the Brancott Valley, just next to the famous Section 94 vineyard. Named after trees surrounding the site the vines were planted in 1992, Mendoza clone (now 28 years old). Alluvium soils over a clay subsoil as opposed to the river rock silt of the Wairau valley floor. Hand picked, racked of solids, wild ferment in barrel, then elevage for 12 months, 15% new.