Bright, light gold/pale straw in colour. Quite pungent and complex on the nose with delicious cashew nut/toasted sesame aromas and some lovely ‘baked peach’ fruit characters. This Chardonnay has a beautiful silkiness on the palate. The texture is compelling and leads into those delicious crème brûlée and cashew nut flavours. It is very well integrated with the stone fruit flavours beautifully complemented by the subtle, toasty oak from the barrel fermentation and maturation. Being cool climate grown with no malolactic fermentation, our Styx Gully is a finer, more subtle style of Chardonnay and, with its lovely acidity, has resulted in this deliciously ‘silky’ wine with its rich flavours, great length and good dry finish. This Chardonnay is well integrated and is drinking beautifully now while it should also continue to develop with more bottle age.