Although it might confound you to understand how someone could chuck in a scintillating study path in the physiology of seaweed (phaeophycology in case you’re curious) to embark on a career in wine – that’s exactly what Simon Waghorn did. Thank heaven because we wouldn’t have this tangy, grapefruit pith, peach stone and toasty, textural slightly creamy chardonnay that has Energiser Bunny persistence of flavour.

Astrolabe Province Marlborough Chardonnay 2015

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