Stonehaven Reserve Chardonnay Padthaway 2025

Under Diam, this is a most impressive Chardonnay from the Padthaway region. This wine represents the best fruit the team can source from that district. Still very youthful, obviously, the colour is a pale straw. The nose offers appealing notes of stone fruits, nectarines, crushed almonds, river pebbles, hints of dried herbs and oatmeal. A touch of honeycomb on the finish and even hints of crisp pears. A lovely supple texture which should tend to creaminess given time, the wine maintains its intensity on a long and lingering finish. Well balanced, the wine should drink beautifully over the next five to eight years.