Escarpment Chardonnay 2014 raw further emphasizes the grapes' pulpy

further emphasizes the grapes' pulpy richness by allowing 12- 18 hour skin contact in the press

which are under taken in small open stainless steel and old oak open fermenters with indigenous yeasts

"Cristom releases six different pinots each year and this cuvee is a blend of fruit from its vineyards and others in the Willamette Valley

but nothing so precise as either of those

Another Hawke’s Bay beauty from the land of plenty

Escarpment Chardonnay 2014 raw further emphasizes the grapes' pulpy100% grown from Escarpments Te Muna Road site considered a remarkable chardonnay vineyard. This wine is rich, layered and textured with bold flavours of stone fruit. Made by Larry McKenna who is legendary on the Martinborough wine scene. Can be cellared for 5 or so years if you have the patience, this wine is full of interest.