Te Mata Estate
Estate Vineyards Chardonnay 2024 750ml

Estate Chardonnay ’24 shines with a white gold hue and pale honey highlights. 

It presents a delightful blend of peach, lemon rind, and buttered popcorn, complemented 

by bright and lively acidity that extends the wine’s long palate. The aroma is reminiscent 

of warm peach cobbler, intertwined with notes of marzipan, flint, and tarragon. 

Balanced by the signature racy freshness characteristic of ripe and fine Hawke’s Bay 

Chardonnay, making the Estate Chardonnay 2024 a standout.

Estate Chardonnay ’24 will continue to evolve in bottle for two to four years 

from harvest. 

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

pH: 3.51

Total acidity as tartaric: 5.3gpl

Alcohol: 13.5%

Residual Sugar: Dry  

WINEMAKING

Estate Chardonnay ’24 combines the best of traditional and modern winemaking. This 

involved tank fermentation to preserve the vibrant varietal aromas and clear, fresh fruit 

expression along with some barrel fermentation, barrel maturation on gross lees, and 

malolactic fermentation to enhance the complexity, richness and integration.

VINEYARDS

The grapes for Estate Chardonnay ’24 were harvested between 26 February and 

21 March 2024 from Te Mata Estate’s own vineyards in the Woodthorpe Terraces, 

Bridge Pa Triangle and Havelock Hills sub-regions of Hawke’s Bay.