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Bilancia Kaikora Chardonnay 2022
Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
FIVE STARS | Michael Cooper
97/100 | Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
96/100 | Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
95/100 | David Walker Bell, WineFolio
95/100 & RANKED #9 2022 HAWKE'S BAY CHARDONNAY | Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review
The name Bilancia (Libra in Italian) came to winemaker Warren Gibson whilst reading his horoscope during a harvest in Italy, and his winemaking philosophy centres on balance, equilibrium and harmony.
Warren & Lorraine share a wealth of winemaking experience between them and this expertise shows, as Bilancia has been producing award winning wines since 1997. Hailiong from the 2022 vintage, this single vineyard chardonnay from Central Hawk'es Bay was wild fermented in oak barriques, resulting in a textural wine that combines ripe fruit flavours with a core seam of minerality and fine lees complexity. A truly outstanding wine from an exceptional winemaking team.
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Tasting Notes
Bob Campbell MW writes "Pure, refined chardonnay with ginger, grapefruit/citrus and oyster shell/saline characters. Accessible now but should develop well with bottle age. A good match with seafood, especially freshly shucked oysters garnished with a squeeze of lime."
David Walker Bell, WineFolio writes "White peach, hay, weetbix, nashi pear, lemon peel and grapefruit scents. Quite tight and elegant on entry, but quickly blooms and shows an energy and intensity. Some fruit tannin and gravelly minerality underline the ripe fruit, with barrel spice notes supporting. A salinity to the acidity that flows right into the dry, concentrated finish."
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front writes "Woah, this one knocked me back a bit. A bit of struck match, lemon oil, nectarine, spice. Tight and flinty, intense core of acidity, runs from front to back with such power. Grapefruit zesty. So lively. Superb."
Food Pairing
Chicken
Pork
Cheese
| Stock Level: | Low |
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| Vintage: | 2022 |
| Volume: | 750ML |
| Alcohol: | 13% |
| Seal Type: | Screwcap |
