Zephyr Chardonnay from Marlborough has spice, citrus, lemon on the nose. Lovely texture, with spicy oak and lovely flinty citrus notes on the palate.
Zephyr Chardonnay form Marlborough has lime, grapefruit and balanced French oak on the nose. The palate is elegant and refined with freshness and richness with well-balanced oak and good length. another great wine from the Zephyr estate. Four different blocks of the vineyards at Dillons Pt all contribute to this wine. The juice is cool fermented and once finished it is chilled and racked followed in the spring the wine by bottling with no or little fining. Hand-picked and whole bunch pressed into tank then filled into a mixture of new and old French barriques and puncheons, left to ferment on its own and looking for very little malolactic impact, the wine was left alone until Spring when it was tasted and bottled after 10 months in French oak of which 15% was new.
Zephyr Wines is a family winery based in Dillon’s Point, Marlborough and was started by the Glover family in 1985 after being inspired by other mavericks in the region to convert their farm to vine. They’ve never looked back and Owen and Wendy Glover, along with son Ben, one of New Zealand's most acclaimed and talented winemakers, now produce award-winning wines from what has become one of the most established single vineyards in the region. Winemaker Ben Glover says “I have always wanted to express the exquisite refined bouquet, the precise structure and the ‘line’ of these aromatic wines from our farm. Zephyr allows me to do this – winegrowing is a natural expression and extension of what our family and I have done on this property for years and the opportunity to pay them back with home grown, world class wines is too good to be true,”
