Rapaura Springs Reserve Chardonnay 2020 Wine Review

Natalie's Score: 90/100

Rapaura Springs Reserve 2020 Chardonnay is delicious on the nose and palate with ripe stone fruit, honeysuckle, fresh citrus, warm vanilla and toasty oak flavours. The 2020 summer was dry giving small to medium-size grapes with a lot of concentration. The cooler, late summer nights in the Marlborough retained the acidity in the grapes keeping the wine fresh; malolactic conversion added softness and texture to the wine. The wine juice was fermented in a combination of French oak barriques (20% new) and puncheons.

Chardonnay food pairings: seafood Alfredo, crab cakes and lemon aioli, salmon steaks from the grill.

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This Rapaura Springs Reserve Chardonnay 2020 was reviewed on April 15, 2022 by Natalie MacLean

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