Chardonnay Cellaring Guide Matrix
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Cellaring Key:
Hold
Hold & Drink
Drink
Peaked
Blank: not made
As our wines generally are approachable and enjoyable on release, we are able to label them as such on this guide. They will develop increased complexity with careful cellaring generally developing secondary characters from about 4-5 years old and tertiary ones at twice that age. We label wines as drink and hold unless we feel they really need to be cellared before they will be enjoyable (hold) or if we think they are nearing the end of their life (drink), or past best (peaked).