Goldwater Roseland Marlborough Chardonnay

2003 vintage - Top 10 NZ under $20 New Zealand Wines 4+1/2 stars (no.3) "Powerful yet elegant, enticingly fragrant wine with concentrated, citrusy flavours woven with fresh acidity. Punchy, ripe fruit, with slightly mealy characters and considerable complexity." Cuisine Magazine, Issue 109 March 2005

2002 vintage - "A deliciously complex Marlborough style evolving, becoming rich and very tasty with full strength alcohol. A nicely flavoursome wine with some minerally, river-stone hints working very well as a spine for the ripe grapefruit tones. Top flight Chardonnay with a lot to say over the next two or three years."... Peter Saunders F&B July 2003

"An extremely well-made wine in a bold style which Goldwater Estate seems to have made its own." ...James Halliday, Wine Companion, Australia, 1999 Edition.

"Feels and tastes like real class, so it should mature delightfully. A wine to impress the guests and satisfy yourself along the way." ...Keith Stewart, The Listener, New Zealand

89 Points - Goldwater Roseland Chardonnay 2002, The Wine Spectator magazine

Wine Enthusiast Ratings:

Vintage	Rating	Comment
2001	90	Offers lush tropical fruit and a healthy dose of butter, framed by toasty oak, and kept in check by just-adequate acidity. Delicious now, so drink up—the precarious balance that has been achieved won’t last for more than a year or two. — Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Enthusiast, New York, (9/1/2003)
1999	90	A rich, toasty, buttery Chardonnay filled with aromas of baked golden delicious apple. Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Enthusiast, New York, May 2001.

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