Blank Canvas, Reed Chardonnay Size:6x750ml The addition of Colorino to

The addition of Colorino to this Sangiovese-based wine has been reduced to a mere 5% in this vintage

Give it 3-5 more years in bottle and drink it over the next twenty-five

cigar box and bright red fruits with a blast of cassis in the finish

with a licorice

all wrapped in an intense

Blank Canvas, Reed Chardonnay Size:6x750ml The addition of Colorino toFull bottle 1,421 g. From the Waihopai Valley. Clone 95. The Chardonnay was whole bunch pressed with only the very cloudy free run juice going into new (40%) and used French oak puncheons (500 litre). No sulphur was added so a spontaneous fermentation started, which didn't wholly finish until the following January. It underwent natural malolactic conversion in the spring. No lees stirring. Bottled without filtration and with a very low total SO2 of 36