Pyramid Valley Field of Fire Chardonnay 2022

Pyramid Valley Field of Fire Chardonnay is a biodynamic single-block Chardonnay from North Canterbury.

The plot occupies the northeast corner of the property, gently sloped and facing southeast, sheltered by a treeline and the hills behind. The original 0.3 hectares went in during 2000 at 11,111 vines per hectare, and a further 1.2 hectares followed between 2018 and 2020, though only the oldest vines and a small 2018 parcel go into this bottling. Shallow glauconitic clays, ten to fifteen centimetres of them, sit over well-drained limestone. Picked a day after the other Chardonnay block, the fruit soaked four hours on skins after crushing, then went to old French barrels for natural fermentation, twelve months on light lees and five more in tank.

Scintillating and pure, with citrus, white flowers, oyster shell and a long, textured finish. This is Chardonnay to put beside the best from either hemisphere. Twelve degrees, in a proper glass. Try turbot, scallops, or a chicken and leek pie.

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