{"id":5590,"date":"2022-05-16T08:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T20:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T06:33:57","slug":"a-tasting-of-hawkes-bay-chardonnay-2020s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=5590","title":{"rendered":"A Tasting of Hawke\u2019s Bay Chardonnay 2020s"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5590\" class=\"elementor elementor-5590\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4b67c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4b67c9\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57ccea1\" data-id=\"57ccea1\" 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-02f413e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02f413e\" 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>I was asked to come along to an informal tasting of twenty Hawke\u2019s Bay Chardonnays last week &#8211; hosted by <b>Mat Kirby<\/b> &#8211; winemaker at <b>Clearview Estate<\/b> and <b>Helio<\/b> &#8211; for a quick run through of some of the current (and many newly-released) wines from the excellent 2020 vintage. With the occasional 2021 thrown in as well.<\/p><p>I\u2019d spent some of the morning at the neighbours &#8211; <b>Elephant Hill<\/b>, where their classification of wines falls into three different sub-regions &#8211; <i>Earth<\/i> for Bridge Pa, <i>Stone <\/i>for Gimblett Gravels, and <i>Sea<\/i> for Te Awanga. That visit \u2014 and discussions with <b>Hugh Crichton<\/b> and <b>Simon Swa<\/b> &#8211; along with this tasting, reinforced an idea that I\u2019d been thinking about for a while now \u2014 that there is a development in style of what I call \u2018Coastal Hawkes Bay Chardonnays\u2019.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>There is a definite thread that runs through these wines that cannot easily be explained by anything other than location. It\u2019s probably not the earth &#8211; <b>Tim Turvey<\/b> at Clearview Estate at Te Awanga has had his soils tested, and that salinity that\u2019s part of the character does not enter from the soils \u2014 they aren\u2019t overtly salty. The fresh acidity? Could be explained in part by the proximity to the coast, with sea breezes and temperature variations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96120ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96120ac\" 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-d988e69\" data-id=\"d988e69\" 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-4c937f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c937f8\" 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>Whatever is the cause, the wines are terrific. To my taste, the Sea Chardonnay is arguably the best at Elephant Hill. The Chardonnays made by Clearview Estate are obviously doing something right \u2014 currently the Champion Wine of Show at the <b>NZIWS<\/b>. In the WineFolio Top 10 Tasting, Clearview were second and third on the list, with a <b>Te Awanga<\/b> \u2018Trademark\u2019 wine at no.6. Add in the Chardonnays like Helio, <b>Topsy Turvey<\/b> and <b>Testify<\/b>, to name a few, that take fruit from this coastal strip, and you start forming a picture.<\/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-9cf6a19\" data-id=\"9cf6a19\" 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-7f6cf52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f6cf52\" 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>There were also terrific examples from the other sub-regions. <strong>Gimblett Gravels<\/strong> continues to shine &#8211; a new vintage of the excellent <strong>Trinity Hill<\/strong> wine that won the Top 10 tasting &#8211; see www.winefolio.co.nz\/?p=2098 &#8211; was excellent and is due a full review on here any day now. A couple of the excellent wines in the tasting aren\u2019t reviewed here as they aren\u2019t yet released. All the wines were poured and tasted blind, with the wine revealed after a brief discussion around the table.<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-404d9f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"404d9f1\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b14bde8\" data-id=\"b14bde8\" 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-05aa066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05aa066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnays-table-2-1024x603.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5596\" alt=\"salome\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnays-table-2-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnays-table-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnays-table-2-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnays-table-2-1536x904.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnays-table-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-848d8e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"848d8e8\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ab339b\" data-id=\"5ab339b\" 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-c6f3e3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6f3e3e\" 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><b>Elephant Hill Salom\u00e9 2020\u00a0<\/b>Full and rich on the nose, with a minerality and funkiness bordering on over-ripe. Mandarin, lemon peel, apple, nougat and brioche flavours. Quite youthful and energetic. Plenty of oak on show here. <b>94pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Bilancia Tiratore 2020\u00a0<\/b>Generous and concentrated, with a lovely tropical bouquet of fig, ginger, peach and spices. An earthiness, along with subtle use of good oak, forms the spine. A softer, broad and waxy texture. Lengthy finish. <b>94pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Clearview Three Rows 2020\u00a0<\/b>Pungent on the nose with a flinty reductivity. Nice weight and richness, with lovely citrus-dominated flavours. The acidity needed to be a little cleaner and the finish is a touch flat. <b>90pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Bilancia Trelinnoe 2020\u00a0<\/b>A classic cool climate Chardonnay, with brightness across a focussed, compelling palate. Lemon curd, peach are balanced with nuances of savoury green olive plus a briny minerality. The best texture on show &#8211; lush and rounded. Great oak too. <b>95pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Te Mata Elston 2020\u00a0<\/b>Lighter on the body with a youthful finesse that is elegant and jazzy. A mixture of flavours \u2014 plenty of action \u2014 lemongrass, red apple, bacon fat, nectarine and honeydew. A sharp acidity, and turning more generous deeper into the palate. <b>93pts<\/b><\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a336a91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a336a91\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8413a67\" data-id=\"8413a67\" 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-f320920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f320920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnay-table1-1024x603.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5597\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnay-table1-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnay-table1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnay-table1-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnay-table1-1536x904.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/HBay-Chardonnay-table1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ac0989 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ac0989\" 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-59e9145\" data-id=\"59e9145\" 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-095a344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"095a344\" 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><b>Villa Maria Keltern 2020\u00a0<\/b>With an intensely aromatic bouquet fronted with a struck-match smokiness. Complex, but quite hot and weighty. Nice gravelly minerality and purity of fruit, alongside a little funk. Interesting texture \u2014 slippery and silken. <b>92pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Askerne \u2018The Archer\u2019 2021\u00a0<\/b>Punchy and with a real swagger, this has everything in extra large. Broad through the palate with ripe notes of guava, caramel, honeycomb and nectarine. A little salinity brings balance and the finish is sweet and long. <b>93pts<\/b><\/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-584acce\" data-id=\"584acce\" 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-52c5eca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52c5eca\" 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><b>Crab Farm 2020\u00a0<\/b>Some green notes on the nose \u2014 agave, pineapple lumps and crushed herb. A butterscotch sweetness, with blanched almond and citrus peel on the finish. Unremarkable. <b>88pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Clearview Estate Beachhead 2020\u00a0<\/b>Clean and crisp, with grapefruit and satsuma on the nose &#8211; and some reductivity to add complexity. Acidity is good, but could add a bit more drive. Pleasant and well-balanced. <b>91pts<\/b><\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd7c4f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd7c4f6\" 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-34d7840\" data-id=\"34d7840\" 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-fde9077 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fde9077\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Helio-bottle-n-corks-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5595\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Helio-bottle-n-corks-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Helio-bottle-n-corks-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Helio-bottle-n-corks.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-46f8642\" data-id=\"46f8642\" 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-3b85fbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b85fbf\" 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><b>Helio 2020\u00a0<\/b>Lemon pith, grapefruit, pear and fennel. Fabulous line of acidity and a mellow oak influence give a great core to this minerally, textural beauty. Tense throughout and with a generous harmony to the finish. Wow. <b>95pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels 2020\u00a0<\/b>Serious, elegant and focussed. Great lees influence here, with a quartzy minerality and brilliant acidity. Rich, ripe fruit, with a balance of stonefruit and citrus given a toasty layer of oak to offset. Classic. <b>94pts<\/b><\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84e2826 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84e2826\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7099dfe\" data-id=\"7099dfe\" 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-11c603f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11c603f\" 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><b>Bilancia 2020\u00a0<\/b>Airy, lifted and juicy; with plenty of citrus and spice alongside a pithy grapefruit and mandarin peel. Focussed and piquant through the mid palate, fanning out across some delicate layering of flavours. A measured, elegant finish. <b>90pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Te Awanga \u2018Quarter Acre\u2019 2020\u00a0<\/b>Eye-wateringly filled with reductivity on the nose, pungent and confronting. Sharp acidity and some flinty minerality couple with good citrus flavours and nice oak; but, boy, those aromatics are polarising. <b>86pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels 2020\u00a0<\/b>Great all-rounder, with enough reductive notes to add complexity to the nose. Good juice, good drive, good acidity. Impressive depth to the palate. Densely packed, with a little briney mineral and a weighty, lengthy finish. <b>95pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Askerne 2020\u00a0<\/b>A refined, if straightforward, crowd pleaser, arguably punching well above its weight. Plush tropical fruit meets citrus in a cocktail of spices and oatmeal textures. Gently oaked with a subtle balance, and a persistent finish. <b>90pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Clearview Estate Reserve 2020\u00a0<\/b>Everything in place. A wine with character but where nothing jars, yet doesn\u2019t sidle off into blandness. A crisp and fresh acidity; with volume, intensity and power to burn. Luscious texture, perfect balance of oak, succulently ripe flavours. The opulent finish blooms with plush fruit sweetness, offset with a drying pithyness. <b>96pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Elephant Hill \u2018Sea\u2019 2020\u00a0<\/b>Briney, with a delicious crushed shell note immediate on the nose. Aromas of citrus, with hay, orange blossom, pear and chestnut. Lively, with a youthful zest and purity into the palate. Great acid line and purity, as well as a good dose of personality. <b>95pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Askerne Reserve 2020\u00a0<\/b>An attractive nose, with an aromatic verve and intensity. Ripe pear, candied ginger, nectarine and red apple. Medium acidity and a lovely weight &#8211; sweet-fruited without being sweet. Good lees-influence and well-judged oak. <b>93pts<\/b><\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to come along to an informal tasting of twenty Hawke\u2019s Bay Chardonnays last week &#8211; hosted by Mat Kirby &#8211; winemaker at Clearview Estate and Helio &#8211; &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-about-wine","category-wine-review-by-winefolio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Tasting of Hawke\u2019s Bay Chardonnay 2020s - 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