2006 Unoaked Chardonnay video >>
1 minute 15 seconds  
Hear Winemaker Malcolm Francis explain why we chose an unoaked style of Chardonnay for the 2006 vintage, and how he subsequently helped it develop complex buttery and nutty characters.  
 
2007 Chardonnay
The ’07 vintage delivered nicely concentrated Chardonnay fruit, which we have enhanced with a softening malo-lactic fermentation and delicate use of oak. The nose shows taut minerality with notes of lemons, peaches, limes and poached nectarines. The palate continues with more creamy lemon and a supple, lithe texture on the mid-palate with elegant length and structure. Best enjoyed with food, this wine is drinking very well at release and will continue to develop over the next five years. Rockburn Wines, Central Otago, Unoaked Chardonnay 2006
Reviews & Awards
Silver Medal 2009 Bragato Awards
Rockburn Chardonnay 2007
Earns Four Stars in Cuisine Magazine
 Rockburn backs up its achievements with red Burgundy (Pinot Noir) with this white Burgundy.  It is attractively austere, crisp and appley.  "It pressed my Chablis button," said Olly Masters.  

F & B Magazine, July 2008:  Peter’s Picks, pg 13. “Sturdy young Central Otago chardonnay with a lot in behind, should open up as one year passes towards two.  Definitive chardonnay, well fruited and properly spined without excesses and unfolding very well. A serious wine which also retains its drinkability.” 

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2005 Lost Barrel Chardonnay Magnums (1.5L)
Rockburn’s wine used to be made at the Quartz Reef winery by Winemaker Rudi Bauer. In 2006, we built the Rockburn winery on McNulty Road in Cromwell just in time for the very early vintage. We were mid-way through the 2006 vintage and were waiting outside in the sunshine for the next load of fruit to arrive when, oddly, the Quartz Reef forklift trundled up the drive carrying a barrel on the front. We had already collected all the Rockburn barrels that had been stored over there and were a little confused by this; even more so when we realized this barrel was full of Chardonnay! The 2005 vintage was so low yielding that only one barrel of Rockburn Chardonnay had been made (100% new oak), and subsequently forgotten and misplaced…. But now it had returned home! Rockburn Wines, Central Otago, Lost Barrel Chardonnay 2005
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Past Award Winning Chardonnay Wines Produced >> 2006 Unoaked Chardonnay Bronze Medal, 2003 Chardonnay Bronze Medal & 2002 Chardonnay Bronze Medal

 
 
Rockburn Vineyard, Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand
Phone 64 3 445 0555
Fax 64 3 445 0555
Email winery@rockburn.co.nz
Website www.rockburn.co.nz