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Huchet Chardonnay

Huchet Chardonnay

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  • Range: Huchet
  • Varietal: Chardonnay
  • Vintage: 2018
  • Region: Hawke's Bay

The ultimate expression of winemaking at Mission, Huchet wines proudly honour Brother Cyprian Huchet. The son of a French vigneron from the Loire, he became New Zealand’s pioneering winemaker whilst working at Mission in 1871. Produced in very limited quantities and only from outstanding years. His inspiration, a legacy we continue.

This 2018 Chardonnay is complex and sweet showing toasty and buttery aromas with peach and hints of almond. Ripe citrus and juicy stonefruit flavours, the palate is full bodied, rich with a fine structure, excellent fruit intensity and a long finish. The vintage will cellar gracefully for 10-20 years – the perfect gift or special occasion wine, it comes packed in its own individual gift box.

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Tasting Notes
2018 Huchet Chardonnay
A wine of complexity, structure and intensity that will age gracefully for years to come.
Complex and sweet showing toasty and buttery aromas with peach and hints of almond. Ripe citrus and juicy stonefruit flavours, the palate is full bodied, rich with a fine structure, excellent fruit intensity and a long finish.

Food Pairing

Pan-seared scallops with lemon butter sauce, Grilled peach and burrata salad with prosciutto, or Gruyère cheese puffs
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Cellar potential

Enjoy now or cellar carefully for 10 to 20 years.

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Alcohol percentage

14%

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Residual sugar

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Acidity

6.3

Reviews & Awards

Estate Sauvignon Blanc

Cameron Douglas MS | 93 Points

Taste history in a glass. Grown and bottled by Mission Estate Huchet Chardonnay -named after Brother Cyprian Huchet, one of New Zealand’s pioneering winemakers (circa 1870) is a captivating wine with a spun gold hue and very bright appearance leading to aromas of stone fruit and barrel spices, roasted cashew and brazil nut, burnt butter and apple, and a light sweet raw sugar scent. On the palate - the wine is creamy, rich in flavour and texture with fruit flavours of roasted nectarine and apricot, baked apple and grapefruit peel. With medium acidity and super fine wood tannins the texture transitions from creamy to tense enhanced by the flavours of citrus and French oak. Lengthy finish, full-bodied, nutty, packed with flavours of stone fruits and citrus, it’s rather delicious and definitely ready. Best drinking is upon purchase and through 2025. 93 Points. Excellent.

Michael Cooper | 5 Stars

Huchet Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2018 (*****) is a light green/gold, mouthfilling wine, with highly concentrated stonefruit flavours, mealy, toasty notes adding layers of complexity, and a finely textured, very harmonious finish. Drink now or cellar. 

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit | 96 Points

Gracefully rich and enticing, the wine shows grapefruit, apricot, vanilla and roasted hazelnut aromas with a hint of brioche complexity. The immensely concentrated palate is creamy and lingering with succulent fruit flavours backed by stylish oak infusion, finishing fabulously long and engaging. At its best: now to 2030.

REGION

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Hawke’s Bay

Located on the east coast of the North Island, Hawke's Bay wine region is one of the warmest winegrowing regions in New Zealand. The long and warm growing season provides for excellent ripening conditions and full flavour development.

New Zealand Winegrowing

Central to the success of New Zealand as a world-renowned wine growing region is the temperate maritime climate and the free-draining alluvial soils.

The growing season is long, providing perfect conditions for slow ripening and full flavour development. Cool nights and warm days retain fruit acidity which lends a freshness and vibrancy, highly characteristic of New Zealand wine styles.

Soils

Gravel beds, free-draining alluvial soils and stony terraces.

Growing season

Warm and dry delivering intense and characterful wines.

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