Felton Road Block 2 Central Otago Chardonnay 2019 Delightful

$80.00

Felton Road Block 2 is just about the best thing coming out of FR at the moment. One customer even nominated it as his desert island wine.

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The Mendoza clone makes up the entire production of Felton Road Block 2. Schist and gravel make up the soil composition at Felton Road Block 2. The Felton Road Block 2 vineyard has been established since 1992. The winemaking is about showing the quality of the fruit.  They use no new oak and bottled without fining or filtration. I don’t get to drink much (any) Felton Road because my customers buy the whole allocation. But one of the regulars declared that Felton Road Block 2 is their Desert Island wine, so it must be pretty smart.

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Felton Road Winery is the leading brand in Central Otago. Their style of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay hit the mark for quality. Lovers of this style cannot get enough, literally! I am very fortunate to have been able to visit and tour the vineyards and winery. I’ll never forget sitting in the staff road tasting these wines while they ate freshly caught salmon.

Felton Road Block 2 Central Otago Chardonnay 2019 Winery notes.

White blossom and green melon are contrasted amongst notes of mineral and crushed sea shells. This delightfully complex nose is repeated on the palate which is pleasingly absent of oak and finishes with saline elements and salivating acidity. The schist gravel soils and old vines leave an indelible mark in this precise and impressive rendition.

Central Otago

Grabbed the imagination of the world for full-bodied and powerful Pinot. While some were a bit shallow, if you go searching beyond the surface level, you’ll find pockets of fascinating wines. The sub-regional Pinot experiments are great. The aromatic whites, especially Pinot Gris and Riesling, have the ability to be outstanding.

Central Otago Wine Map

Chardonnay

The grape that you can plant anywhere, in any climate and do anything to and it will still taste like an OK wine. When people hit the sweet spot of site, climate, cropping and winemaking, Chardonnay becomes a magical wine that will age gracefully but charm you at any age. Chardonnays can range from cool-climate lean and citrusy to warmer climate tropical and overt. Oak and lees can add flavouring as can malolactic fermentation.

New Zealand Wine

New Zealand shot to fame with their unique take on Sauvignon Blanc. The wines of Marlborough were unlike anything in the world at the time. And over a decade on, a lot of people still love that style. In my opinion, they dropped the ball. It could have been the next Champagne: Limited, rare, expensive. The following fashion was the robust Pinots Noir from Central Otago, for about 18 months they were the hot ticket red.

On the back of these fads, wine lovers discovered other regions. Pinot from Martinborough, Cabernet from Waiheke Island, reds from Hawkes Bay, the whites and Pinot from Nelson.

For me, New Zealand has a lot of potential, and perhaps their best wines are yet to come. I would argue that the wines are made to drink now or drink young. They are delicate with overt fruit, and most don’t chase savoury flavours.

New Zealand

Wine

Wine is the result you get from fermented grape juice. There is proof of wine production dating back 8000 years ago. Fashions, innovations and many other factors have influenced the way wine has evolved over the years.

The wine grape is impressive. It contains everything you need to make grape wine except for the yeast, which lives on the outside of the skins.

Human inputs can influence the final product, including the viticulture (growing) choices. And the winemaker can shape the wine to a point too.

The best wines of the world often refer to terroir. Terroir is a French term that refers to all the climatic, geological and topographical influences on a specific piece of land. And it is true that neighbouring vineyards, grown identically, can taste noticeably different.

White Wine

It is interesting to know that you can make white wine from almost any grape. The colour comes from the skins, and if there is no contact, there is no colour. White wines tend to be delicate, perfumed, higher in acid and lower in alcohol. It seems for this and many other reasons, it is hard to make an incredibly impressive white wine. But those that have mastered the art are indeed some of the best winemakers in the world.

It is a falsehood to think that white wine does not age as well as red wine. But it is correct that white wine, as a rule, doesn’t age for as long.

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Felton Road Block 2 Central Otago Chardonnay 2019
Felton Road Block 2 Central Otago Chardonnay 2019
Felton Road Block 2 Central Otago Chardonnay 2019 Back Label
Felton Road Block 2 Central Otago Chardonnay 2019 Back Label

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