Greystone - Chardonnay 2020

In 2000 the Thomas Family purchased a farm on the Omihi hills and began work to create the Greystone vineyard. By 2004 with the help of Viticulturist Nick Gill and Winemaker Dom Maxwell they planted thirteen blocks across the Omihi slopes. Their commitment was to celebrate this beautiful landscape through their wines. Greystone draws its name from the unique limestone conglomerate in which our vine roots grow. A limestone mix of fossils, sea shells and small pebbles that have been fused together through the seismic movement of North Canterbury. The north facing limestone hills slope down to clay, the perfect combination for growing wines with minerality and concentration. In 2020 they were awarded the prestigious accolade of Sustainable Vineyard of the Year by the New Zealand Organic Wine Awards for their commitments to practices beyond just organics in the vineyard.

Tasting Note: Aromatically inviting with golden kiwifruit, nashi with mild oak and coconut husk. The palate is full with generous flavours supported by fine grained oak phenolics and ripe acidity. Fermented in French oak barriques and undergoing primary and malo-lactic fermentations with wild yeasts. Barrel aged for 11 months