Skip to main content

"Harmonious wine that achieves an enviable balance" Bob Campbell, MW

"Refined & beautifully layered with textured mouthfeel, finishing impressively long" Wine Orbit

Enjoy with grilled prawns, fettuccine Alfredo, or roasted pork

Villa Maria Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021

Member rating / 9
$29.99p/Btl
6 Btls, $179.94 6 Btls, $156.47
Awarded Double Gold Medal Awarded Gold Medal Awarded Gold Medal Awarded 5 Stars Black Market 5 Stars Awarded 95/100 Points Awarded 94/100 Points Awarded 93/100 Points Awarded 90/100 Points Awarded 4 Stars
Villa Maria Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021

Villa Maria Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021

Member rating / 9
Captivating aromas of roasted and fresh peaches, baked grapefruit and custard qualities, toasty barrel spices and smoke
$29.99p/Btl
6 Btls, $179.94 6 Btls, $156.47

Accolades

Awarded Double Gold Medal

New Zealand International Wine Show 2024

Awarded Gold Medal & 90/100 Points

International Wine Challenge

Awarded Gold Medal

Hawke's Bay Wine Awards

Awarded 95/100 Points & 5 Stars

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2023

Awarded 94/100 Points

Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, May 2023

Awarded 93/100 Points & 4 Stars

Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Apr 2023

Description

  • French oak
  • Baked grapefruit
  • Vanilla & brioche
  • Succulent acidity

"Gorgeously elegant and complex, the wine shows apricot, rockmelon, vanillin oak and brioche characters on the nose, followed by a wonderfully weighted palate displaying excellent structure and persistency. It's refined and beautifully layered with textured mouthfeel, finishing impressively long and satisfying. At its best: now to 2033" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2023

"Captivating aromas of roasted and fresh peaches, baked grapefruit and custard qualities, toasty barrel spices and smoke. Delicious on the palate with weight and textures in harmony embellished by yellow stone fruits and citrus flavours that mirror the bouquet. Balanced lengthy finish, ideal drinking on its own and well suited to food. Best drinking from 2023 through 2029" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, May 2023

"Harmonious wine that achieves an enviable balance between alcohol sweetness, sour acidity and subtle tannic bitterness. The net effect makes the wine come alive. Vibrant chardonnay with high energy" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Apr 2023

In youth, this concentrated wine is pale in the glass and displays aromas of ripe stone fruit, citrus flowers, and grilled nuts. Natural barrel fermentation influences have created flinty complexity and the finish is driven by a generous palate and succulent acidity. Cellar this wine with confidence for up to 5-8 years from vintage.

The grapes for this were grown on the Kokako Farms vineyard in Ohiti Valley (36%), the Te Awa Vineyard (35%) and the Keltern vineyard (29%) located on the Heretaunga plains.

The 2021 vintage was highly regarded with a warm and dry summer that kicked off with the earliest Hawkes Bay Chardonnay harvest ever and allowed fruit to be picked at optimum ripeness without any disease pressure. This wine features a sensational collection of Hawkes Bay sites which are fastidiously managed to produce Reserve quality Chardonnay.

Hand harvested on different dates the various clones and sites provided an exciting array of blending options. Gentle whole bunch pressing allows for the finest quality of juice to be run directly into French oak barriques for natural fermentation. Once complete the individual parcels matured on yeast lees with regular battonage for up to 14 months. The finest barriques were then identified and blended and the wine was aged for an additional 6 months on full lees in stainless steel tank before preparation for bottling.

Seal

Screw Cap

Payment

Alcohol

14.5%

Delivery

NZ (from $5.99)

Member Rating

5 Stars

User comments (7)

Add comment
K
Absolutel Stunning!

Kim - 28/11/2024

Refined, delightful drinking at any price. A bargain at this price. Currently my favourite Chardonnay.

John - 25/05/2024

Hawkes Bay is the capital of Chardonnay and Villa Maria are well established as producers of superb quality reserve wines

John - 21/05/2024

always superb

Phil - 08/03/2024

S
outstanding wine and value!

Stephen - 16/02/2024

Very smooth to drink

Allan - 12/02/2024

J
Good quality Chardonnay with good body and finish that you would expect from a reserve.

John - 03/02/2024


Welcome

to New Zealand’s #1 online wine community

Leave site
Your browser is out-of-date!
Update your browser to view this website correctly.
Update my browser now