{"id":1573,"date":"2020-06-06T23:04:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T23:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2020-06-06T23:06:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T23:06:48","slug":"church-road-grand-reserve-chardonnay-2018%e2%80%8b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=1573","title":{"rendered":"Church Road \u2018Grand Reserve\u2019 Chardonnay 2018\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1573\" class=\"elementor elementor-1573\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cada143 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cada143\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e533133\" data-id=\"e533133\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eea30d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eea30d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This well regarded chardonnay from Hawke\u2019s Bay has won a great many awards over the years, and had a hand in pioneering the &#8216;modern&#8217; reductive chardonnay style with the distinctive \u2018struck match\u2019 nose. This new wine won the Trophy at IWSC 2019 \u2013 so it is effectively <strong>\u201cThe World\u2019s best Chardonnay\u201d<\/strong>. If you don\u2019t know this brand, then be prepared &#8211; as it is a huge wine \u2013 I\u2019ve known many people say they can love a glass of this, but a bottle is too much\u2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a66461\" data-id=\"3a66461\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de8564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1de8564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It has a massive nose of toffee, vanilla, gunsmoke and toast. An initial sweetness (it\u2019s a little bit Califiornian?) with definite caramel and cr\u00e8me brulee; leads into plush fruit flavours of peach and pineapple. A richness is through many layers here; with a generous toasty oak thread, through to a ripple of spice, and a layer of sweet pastry \/ apple-pie. It has a long finish with a drying and stony salinity. 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