Blank Canvas Tano Marlborough Chardonnay 2023

Blank Canvas Tano Marlborough Chardonnay

Region: Marlborough, New Zealand

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 13%

Notes: Vegetarian, Vegan

Vibrant and intense grapefruit, white florals, hazlenut and savoury musk deliver a complex aromatic profile. Layered flavours of grapefruit, lemon zest and hazelnut combine with a pure and vibrant acid line delivering vitality, persistence and a lengthy finish.

Fruit is sourced from the Anandale Farm vineyard in the coastal Blind River subregion of the Awatere Valley, known for its wild, cool and dry climate. The complex silty loam soils alongside the close proximity to the coast moderate vine vigour and assist with long and slow ripening. The small parcel of clone 95 Chardonnay was planted in 2001 and is VSP trained and cane pruned. The vineyard is managed by Fiona and Hamish Turner with an ever-increasing commitment to regenerative viticulture.

The hand-picked Chardonnay was gently whole-bunch pressed with the unsettled free-run juice filling one 25-hectolitre botte with the remainder going into small French oak puncheons. It was slowly fermented on full solids using indigenous yeast before going to natural malolactic fermentation and maturing on lees for a total of 15 months to gain richness and complexity. The wine was then gently racked and bottled without filtration.

Blank Canvas is the vinous studio of award-winning international winemaking consultant Matt Thomson and Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson. With over 40 years of collective experience in the global wine industry, they produce small batch fine wines from exceptional single vineyard sites throughout New Zealand under their art-meets-science project.

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