Estate Vineyards Chardonnay ’12 has a bright lemon colour and green lights, with characters of fresh pineapple, peach, roasted nuts and French vanilla. The palate shows great intensity with perfectly ripe stonefruit flavours over a background of rich, salted shortbread and a long, concentrated, very fine finish.
2012 Estate Chardonnay
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Te Mata Tasting Note
Estate Vineyards Chardonnay ’12 has a bright lemon colour and green lights, with characters of fresh pineapple, peach, roasted nuts and French vanilla. The palate shows great intensity with perfectly ripe stonefruit flavours over a background of rich, salted shortbread and a long, concentrated, very fine finish.
Vintage | 2012 |
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Blend | 100% chardonnay |
Vineyards | Havelock Hills, Woodthorpe Terraces |
Cellaring | 2 to 5 years + |
Winemaking
Estate Chardonnay '12


Vineyards
Woodthorpe Terraces
The grapes for Estate Vineyards Chardonnay ’12 were harvested between 24th and 29th March 2012 from Te Mata Estate’s own vineyards in the Woodthorpe Terraces, Bridge Pa Triangle, and Havelock Hills sub-regions of Hawke’s Bay
Selection
Estate Vineyards
All Te Mata Estate wines are grown in the same vineyards, made by the same people, and are all bottled onsite at the winery established in 1896. Estate wines are varietally-driven, representing the finest expression of Te Mata’s Hawke’s Bay vineyard sites.

Licence Number 29/OFF/032/20: Exp Feb 2023
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