2013 Nutcracker Chardonnay
4 stars - Winestate Magazine Micheal Cooper (MW)
Youthful, single-vineyard Wairau Valley wine, fully barrel-fermented. Mouthfilling, slightly toasty and buttery, with strong grapefruit and peach flavours, fresh acidity and very good depth and potential
2010 Nutcracker Chardonnay
90+ Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
The 2010 Chardonnay is scented of white peaches, spiced apple slices and cashews with subtle compliments of cedar and meal. Medium to full-bodied and nicely poised in the mouth, it has a lovely, satiny texture and a long, savory finish. Drink it now to 2016+.
4.5 stars, Winestate Magazine (Michael Cooper MW)
Tight, elegant, single-vineyard wine, priced sharply. Fragrant bouquet, with barrel-ferment and indigenous yeast notes. Weighty, slightly creamy palate, with strong, grapefruit-like flavours, balanced acidity and finely integrated oak.
5 stars, Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
A beautifully maturing Chardonnay, the complex bouquet shows stone fruit, citrus, cream and nutty oak aromas, leading to a concentrated palate that's creamy and rounded, backed by superbly integrated acidity. The wine is stylish and great drinking. At its best: now to 2016.
5 stars, Raymond Chan
Full and complex nose, solidly packed with deep aromas of ripe stonfruits and citrus fruits and layers of buttery, nutty, barrel-ferment elements. Bold flavours of yellow stonefruits, nuts, butter and cream intermingle with layers of toasty oak. A bold and powerful Chardonnay with ripe fruit and complex oak.
2009 Nutcracker Chardonnay
4 stars Bob Campbell MW
87 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
4 stars, Winestate Magazine (Michael Cooper MW)
91pts Sam Kim, Wine Orbit