Corofin Marlborough Chardonnay 2022 (6 Bottles), Marlborough NZ
$299.00 GST Included
AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED
Organic. This is the second release under Corofin’s newly minted ‘regional’ label―you could consider these the estate’s village-level wines. Don’t let that fool you; there’s outstanding material in these wines. This year, the blend comprises fruit from two of the Brancott Valley’s premier vineyards, Wrekin (55%) and Folium (45%).
Planted by Fromm in 1996, Folium Vineyard is an organically tended site on Southern Valley clay (around 1.5 metres deep with gravelly silt on top). The site is dry-grown, and Corofin works with just five rows―a total of 1,200 vines. Wrekin Vineyard is a small, organic-certified (BioGro), biodynamically farmed site at the top of the Brancott Valley.
Wrekin was picked on 19th March, and Folium followed three days later. All the fruit was pressed gently as bunches and transferred to seasoned puncheons and two stainless-steel barrels for fermentation and malolactic conversion. After 12 months, the wine was transferred to tank for a further eight months’ maturation before being bottled without fining or filtration.
“Quite saline, with a little fino sherry (or sake) nuttiness, slight struck match, nectarine and grapefruit, with some seaweed, sweet spices and chamomile. It’s tight and juicy, pink grapefruit and stone fruit, plenty of chalk and chew to texture, nutty and almond milky, with a bright core of citrus acidity and a bright finish of excellent length and zing. Lovely wine. Distinctive and individual.” 93 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
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About Corofin
Established in 2011, Corofin is the new home for ex-Jackson Estate winesmith Mike Paterson and his partner Anna, until recently GM at TerraVin.
At this early juncture, while Mike is contracted to another project and Anna busy raising the couple’s two young daughters, Corofin craft two (soon to be three) single-vineyard Pinot Noirs, each in tiny 100-150-case lots. You can read about two of these “pretty special Marlborough sites” below (the third being the Weavers’ ‘Waihopi Slopes’ at Churton). Not too far down the line we’ll see a little Chardonnay as well.
For the time being the wines are made out of temporary digs at Fromm. Having spent the majority of their working years in and about Marlborough, Mike and Anna have no doubt regarding the potential of their adopted region, and were well placed to approach their first choice of vineyards.
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