Te Kano Life Chardonnay 2022

Te Kano Life Chardonnay 2022

$36.99

GOLD MEDAL | NWWA 2024
FIVE STARS 95/100 | Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review
FIVE STARS 95/100 | Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
93/100 'Excellent' | Cameron Douglas MS

Te Kano Life Chardonnay — a beautifully crafted wine that brings creamy richness and tight structure into perfect balance.

It opens with expressive aromas of ripe peach, tropical fruit and toasted coconut, lifted by notes of brioche and soft vanilla oak. On the palate, it’s layered and luxurious, with stone fruit, spicy oak and savoury biscuit characters unfolding in elegant succession. A subtle thread of citrus peel adds lift and focus, keeping the wine fresh and finely tuned through to the long, satisfying finish.

This is Central Otago Chardonnay at its most refined. It's complex, textural and beautifully expressive, with just the right amount of restraint.

Volume 750ML
Vintage 2022
Region CENTRAL OTAGO
Alcohol 13%

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Tasting Notes

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit writes "Elegant and complex, the wine shows white flesh peach, lemon peel, nougat, roasted cashew, and almond meal nuances. It's concentrated and finely flowing in the mouth, delivering excellent weight and richly textured mouthfeel. Wonderfully framed by beautifully pitched acidity, finishing expansive and impressively long."
Cameron Douglas MS writes "Ripeness and purity of fruit lead the bouquet with scents of grapefruit and white peach then a lemon skin and red apple quality. Minerality is central to the bouquet as well introduced through the fine lees and acid line. Medium+ weighted with a satin touch and flavours that reflect the bouquet. Fine fruit tannins, judicious use of French oak with a lengthy finish. A taut new wine still with best drinking from late 2025 through 2030+."
The winery writes "A complex chardonnay with aromas of yellow peach, tropical fruit, toasted coconut and creamy brioche. Peach and pear follow through the palate with spicy oak nuances building into a commplex array of buttered brioche and biscuit undertones. A hint of citrus peel keeps the palate tight and fresh."

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North Island and South Island
$9.99 per case of 12 (or part case).
Rural surcharge of $4.99 per case of 12 (or part case).

Hastings & Napier URBAN areas
$6.99 per case of 12 (or part case).

Spend $450 or more in a single order, and freight drops to $4.99 per dozen (rural surcharges still apply). This does not apply to Outer NZ Deliveries listed below.

Outer Islands (Waiheke Island, Stewart Island etc) 
Freight is $49.99 per case of 12 (or part case).
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