
Pegasus Bay Virtuoso Chardonnay 6pk

Pegasus Bay Virtuoso Chardonnay 2020
This Reserve Chardonnay is bold and powerful with a striking energy across the palate thanks to the estate's spectacular fruit.
Pegasus Bay Virtuoso Chardonnay 2020
"Immensely complex and seductive, the bouquet shows mango, apricot, baked fig, and roasted hazelnut aromas with a lovely flinty nuance. The concentrated palate displays outstanding weight and depth, wonderfully supported by creamy mouthfeel and brilliantly pitched acidity. Multi-layered and engaging with a prolonged, gratifying finish." 97 Points, Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, www.wineorbit.co.nz
“Powerful chardonnay with intense aromas of flinty reduction … It's full-bodied with rich, toasty and tropical fruit, with an underlying smokiness and savoury saltiness. Muscular and compact, with punchy acidity. Intense.” 96 Points, James Suckling
"A fantastic bouquet with power in and intensity, with a core of roasted stone fruits and oak, baked apple and layers of wood spice and wood smoke. As the wine opens out in the glass these ideas intensity and develop. Full bodied, dry, and very intense, flavours mirror the bouquet with stone fruits and lemon, some quince and wood spices all vying for attention on the palate. Medium+ acidity, fine wood tannins frame the wine beautifully. Balanced and well made, a wine that is ready enjoy from today" 96 Points, Cameron Douglas MS, www.camdouglasms.com
"Bright, even, pale yellow gold. The nose is striking and full, with aromas of gunflint, lemon, grapefruit, pineapple, spice and cornbread. Full-bodied, aromas of lemon, grapefruit and charred pineapple intertwined with gunflint, vanilla, spice and popcorn. The invigorating acidity lifts the rich palate and expands in length and breadth. Reductive gunflint nuance is compatible and contributes to opulence and complexity. This rich, reductive Chardonnay is seductive and well-balanced." 19/20 Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews
"Blended from the 'best barrels', this wine is estate-grown and hand-harvested from vines over 30 years old at Waipara, in North Canterbury. Fermented with indigenous yeasts, it is matured on its yeast lees for 10 months to a year in French oak puncheons, and bottle-aged prior to its release. The 2020 vintage is bright, light yellow/green, with a fragrant, complex, slightly smoky and 'funky' bouquet. Weighty and savoury, it has rich, vigorous, stonefruit flavours, finely integrated oak, and a dry, tightly structured finish. An elegant, distinctly cool-climate style, it's well worth cellaring…" 5 STARS, Michael Cooper, Wine Writer
"The 2020 Chardonnay Virtuoso is Pegasus Bay's top-of-the-shop white curvée, and it is far from shy in its infancy. Subtle it ain’t, it bobs you on the nose with lime, toast, smoke and grilled nuts, but there’s depth, concentration and a firm seriousness that will reward patience. If you can’t wait that long, this estate Chardonnay represents excellent value for the quality." 93 Points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
Pegasus Bay is a family-owned and run business within the Waipara Valley, led by patriarch and Neuroscientist Ivan Donaldson. Free draining and low fertility soils produce low yields of high quality, flavourful grapes, which fully express the qualities of Pegasus Bay’s unique setting. The range of wines is led by diverse and ageworthy styles of Pinot Noir and Riesling, with highly expressive Semillon, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer and Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon blends complementing the portfolio.
Producer website: https://www.pegasusbay.com/
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