Clearview Estate - 'Beachhead' Chardonnay 2021/22/23

Clearview Estate - 'Beachhead' Chardonnay 2021/22/23

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"The Beachhead is excellent value with lots of the creamy richness that people are so often looking for without the big smack in the face with a plank of wood. It has great tropical (mango) fruit flavours on the nose and palate that stand up well with that richness."

 

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Clearview Estate

Purchased in 1986, the neglected but historic Vidal's No.2 Vineyard at Te Awanga, Hawke’s Bay was set to become Clearview Estate.  Tim Turvey with business partner Helma van den Berg took on the challenge of bringing it back to life.  Together they hand grafted and planted the first vines in the winter of 1988.  Clearview Estate Winery Ltd was established for the first red wine vintage in 1989, following some experimentation in prior years.  Chardonnay began in 1991 with the release of the first Reserve Chardonnay.  

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Chardonnay

Chardonnay is without a doubt the most known and most widely planted white grape variety around the world. It is historically home in Burgundy where it produces a more refined, mineral and poised wines all up and down the Cote de Beaune and in Chablis. Throughout the new world it gained fame in both California and Australia where it is known to produce big, rich, buttery and tropical fruit-laden white wines.

 

--------THE REGION--------

Hawkes Bay

Sunny Hawkes Bay is along the eastern coast of New Zealand's north island. It is here where some of the most fruit-forward wines come from. They are known for their tropical Chardonnays and their juicy reds from the excellent Bordeaux wines to the peppery Syrahs.