Chris Scott Wines
The Florilegium Chardonnay 2024 750ml

2024 Chardonnay | Hawke’s Bay

The Florilegium is our flagship wine, our Grande Cuvee. Rather than adopt a Burgundian model, where the terroir of a single vineyard is the hero, we believe the best wines can be made with an approach more akin to great Champagne, where the assemblage or art of blending is celebrated. Understanding and harnessing the attributes and personalities of each great vineyard, each clone and each ferment to bring to life something that is greater than the sum of the parts.

Texturally and structurally complete, aromatically complex, The Florilegium is a wine of great depth and harmony.  Luxurious yet understated, opulent but never loud. A seamless wine that builds gently but surely across the palate. The approach is fine textured and restrained, then feathers out across the mid and back palate, gently building in weight and presence as it goes. it has a sense of richness without ever appearing heavy or cloying and finishes long, lithe and finessed with a finely tuned acidity and an element of flinty, slate-like grip helping to draw out the finish. The aroma profile includes ripe white peach, acacia flower, zesty citrus fruit and blossom, toasted almond, hazelnut and mineral elements. But there is a subtleness to the aromatics as a whole. No one element is leaping out and each note is deliciously complimentary.  Overall, the wine leaves an impression of refinement. 

We expect The Florilegium to age gracefully for 10 years or more from vintage date.

Total Production 833 bottles