Description
Nanny Goat is a Central Otago winery known best for their Pinot Noir but their Chardonnay is also exceptional.
Its name derives from the fact that much of the country is rough, dry, mountainous and desolate – seemingly suitable only for goats.
Apparently, the brand’s owner, Aussie John Valmorbida, was climbing up to a hilltop restaurant near Queenstown when the goat idea struck him.
It is rather appropriate.
Hand picked and whole bunch pressed to stainless steel tank for a brief period of settling before being gently mixed and transferred to 500 Litre French oak Puncheon (20% new) with high solids and left to ferment naturally with occasional lees stirring to enhance palate weight and texture.
The wine underwent full Malolactic fermentation in barrel during its 10 months of maturation, softening the palate yet retaining a fine vein of acidity and giving a wonderful balance to the palate.
The palate is generous and textural up front, opening with suggestions of ripe nectarine and vanilla poached apple.
Toasty oak mingles with nuances of freshly baked pastries in the mid palate adding background complexity while a fine bead of acidity draws the palate out to a long textural finish.
There’s no mistaking the mineral and pure fruit lift in the bouquet with a fine chalk-like scent of soil with ripe pear and white peach then light sweet scents of French Oak.
Silky smooth on the palate with a light gun-flint and lees quality, flavours of white fleshed orchard fruits, a light saline quality sits perfectly alongside the acid-line.
Lengthy, complex and delicious.
Great drinking from late 2022 through 2029.
– Cameron Douglas MS, 95 Points.
On 2021 Vintage.
The Finer Details Style – White Wine Varietal – Chardonnay Country – New Zealand Region – Central Otago Vintage – 2022 Bottle Size – 750ml ABV – 14.5%
