Domain Road Defiance Central Otago Chardonnay 2021 $35 
Graeme Crosbie grows three clones of Chardonnay in his Defiance Vineyard, 809, 1066 and 548, which are the three great clones used by the world-famous, French Grand Crus of Corton-Charlemagne in Burgundy. Central Otago chardonnay is rocking my socks right now and the Defiance is absolutely entering its dangerously drinkable phase. Gorgeously golden in the glass and scented with gently toasted almond, plush peach and baked nectarine, caramelised oak, roast apricot and creamy, buttery complexity – it’s a style where all of those very things osmose across to the palate and leave a lusciously rich finish. Stunning.
