Sileni Estates ‘The Lodge’ Grand Reserve Chardonnay 70182

Sileni Estates ‘The Lodge’ Grand Reserve Chardonnay 70182Luxuriously textured Hawkes Bay wine with a full palate. The Estate Selection Chardonnay has ripe stone fruit and toasted oak aromas with luscious nectarine and peach flavours. A subtle background of almonds and vanilla make up a wine which is sophisticated, rich and mouth filling. Sileni Estates was born from a long standing interest in wine by Graeme Avery. In late 1997, along with financial director Chris Cowper and winemaker Grant Edmonds, he

adjacent to the mouth of the Brancott Valley on gravelly clay-loam soils

New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc turns the flavour intensity up to 11

The wine is matured for 6 months in large Slavonian oak casks

takes a decisive step forward in its commitment to the preservation of living soils and the transmission of know-how

A further 6 hectares are being planted in the communes of Serrières and Tournon

with firm food tannins and a lovely sappy finish

the famous oyster and mussel-filled saltwater lake close to Cave de l'Ormarine

In the Greek mythology

minerality and a beautifully textured palate

both to improve their distillation methods and to help them with the complex paperwork required to certify their mezcals for export

The grapes are selected from vineyards with diverse soils - limestone

'Provence-style' pink in colour with fresh strawberry