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Lions Tooth Chardonnay 2020

Pyramid Valley, Waipara, New Zealand

Pyramid Valley
Waipara New Zealand
  • 93
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  • Country ranking ?

    19

  • Producer ranking ?

    5

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Planted from 2000 to 2002 at a high density of 11,111 vines/ha and farmed biodynamically from inception. Steeply inclined, east-facing home block. Beautiful soils, ‘with nut and crumb structure and great mineral fertility’: 30% clay, 15–20% active lime. Hand-harvested 11–12 April 2020. Foot stomped and whole-bunch pressed. Fermented with vineyard yeast only in older French oak barrels. 20 months on lees in barrel, then aged on light lees for 6 months in stainless steel prior to bottling unfined and unfiltered in June 2022. pH 3.13, TA 7.7 g/l. Vegan friendly. 449 cases of 6 produced.
More stony on the nose than the Field of Fire, like stone-dust. Very pithy, less toasty. A little less flinty than Field of Fire. Great freshness and it's intense in a super-tight and salty way, with a lightly creamy texture. The most stony/mineral of the wines. Great length. Most salty of all of the Pyramid Valley whites. More limestone = more tension? Fabulous length. So young but gorgeous already. 

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North Canterbury, Waipara
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