Blank Canvas 'Reed' Chardonnay

Blank Canvas 'Reed' ChardonnayThis is an incredibly textured wine that boasts a bounty of fleshy white nectarine and orchard fruit, and a grainy, honeyed richness, perfectly balanced by vibrant acidity and notes from oak ageing. A complex and layered wine that is perfect for drinking now but will also benefit from cellaring. A classic New Zealand Chardonnay from travelling winemaker Matt Thomson. Richly textured and complex from fermentation by wild yeasts in oak barrels, followed

spring aromas with fragrances of wild strawberry

Elegant with pale golden hues

indigenous grapes including Aglianico for the reds and Malvasia for the whites

citrus and cooler notes of green fruits with fresh herbs

and the wines are small production and truly outstanding

blackberries and red berries on the nose

cherry and raspberries

While some producers in England will tend to fall back on Chardonnay

The result is a concentrated

brilliant Beaujolais

luscious plum and cassis compote

While the Gran Reserva classification requires 24 months of ageing in oak