Carrick Cairnmuir Terraces EBM Central Otago Organic Chardonnay 2022

3 May 2025By Yvonne

Carrick Cairnmuir Terraces EBM Central Otago Organic Chardonnay 2022 $60 I mean you could go through your life happily knowing the Carrick EBM Chardonnay is so named for its ‘Extended Barrel Maturation’. However, I feel that name kind of doesn’t really give enough oomph to its actual fabulousness. So from here on in, I’m renaming … Read More

Carrick EBM Organic Cairnmuir Terraces Chardonnay 2021

4 January 2025By Yvonne

Carrick EBM Organic Cairnmuir Terraces Chardonnay 2021 $53 Is it wrong to kick off a wine review with the word woof? Straight out the gate, it’s called EBM because that’s short for ‘Extended Barrel Maturation’ which, for this chardonnay anyway, injects a supremely rich, roasty, toasty element to its underlying baked peach, pineapple and grilled … Read More

Carrick Cairnmuir Terraces EBM Organic Central Otago Chardonnay 2019

29 July 2022By Yvonne

Carrick Cairnmuir Terraces EBM Organic Central Otago Chardonnay 2019 $47 EBM stands for ‘extended barrel maturation’ and it’s the name given to a blend selected from barrels that have the greatest density and length of flavour, according to the directive set by Carrick’s original winemaker Steve Davies. The wine then gets extended time in barrel … Read More