Entry is open for wines from any country and made from any grape variety. The New Zealand International Wine Show is the largest wine competition held in New Zealand. "Our Reserve Chardonnay 2020 has intensity, balance and flavour with a structure that has audacity there’s freshness and complexity." This wine epitomises all the reasons why we planted and started making it nearly 35 years ago," says Turvey. "We started winning awards with our first Chardonnay in 1992 and it is testament to our vision and the dedication and focus of our viticulture and winery teams maintaining that high standard. "We get grapes with a wonderful acid base and freshness that means we can play with various fermentations to meet varying and changing consumer palates." "The offshore breeze in the morning and the onshore one in the afternoon means there’s no humidity, and that allows us to hold the fruit until it’s ripe. "Chardonnay grows so well in Te Awanga," says Matt Kirby, chief winemaker. Clearview Estate are the masters of this style of Chardonnay."Ĭlearview Estate produces six different styles of Chardonnay and since the 2015 vintage, which marked the arrival of a new winemaking team for Clearview with Matt Kirby and Rob Bregmen coming on board, there has been over 120 gold medal wins for the winery. Judges, led by Bob Campbell, MW, New Zealand’s most experienced senior wine judge, acknowledged the wine as having, "Everything is in place to make this a superstar of the vintage. This time it’s the Reserve Chardonnay 2020 that wowed the judges to beat allcomers. "We’re absolutely rapt and almost flabbergasted to take out the award yet again when we’re up against the big boys with big budgets from around the world," says Tim Turvey, who along with co-owner Helma van den Berg, founded the winery in 1987.Ĭlearview Estate’s Reserve Chardonnay 2015 took the honours in 2016, while last year its Beachhead Chardonnay 2019 was chosen as Champion Wine. In a David versus Goliath style battle, the boutique Hawke’s Bay winery beat out national and international entries - 1780 wines from 220 wineries in total - to secure its second overall Champion Wine of Show two years in a row, and third in six years. "We get grapes with a wonderful acid base and freshness that means we can play with various fermentations to meet varying and changing consumer palates," Kirby said.Clearview Estate Winery is proving without doubt its position as one of New Zealand’s leading wine producers, taking out the Champion Wine of Show at the 2021 NZ International Wine Show announced at the weekend. "The offshore breeze in the morning and the onshore one in the afternoon means there's no humidity, and that allows us to hold the fruit until it's ripe." "Chardonnay grows so well in Te Awanga," said chief winemaker Kirby. Clearview Estate are the masters of this style of Chardonnay."Ĭlearview Estate produces six different styles of Chardonnay and had won more than 120 gold medals since the 2015 vintage, which marked the arrival of a new winemaking team in Matt Kirby and Rob Bregmen. Led by Bob Campbell, New Zealand's most experienced senior wine judge, they said: "Everything is in place to make this a superstar of the vintage. "Our Reserve Chardonnay 2020 has intensity, balance and flavour with a structure that has audacity there's freshness and complexity," he said, echoing the acclaim from the judges. This wine epitomises all the reasons why we planted and started making it nearly 35 years ago." Clearview started winning awards within five years of when it was established in 1987, and Turvey said: "It is testament to our vision and the dedication and focus of our viticulture and winery teams maintaining that high standard.
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