Astrolabe Wrekin Chenin Blanc 2024
Case Buys Only | 6 x 750ml
Astrolabe Wrekin Chenin Blanc is a finely structured, single-vineyard Marlborough Chenin Blanc with green apple, lemon and peach at its core. Honeysuckle, lemon honey and subtle vanilla add aromatic depth, while crisp acidity and a focused mineral line carry the medium-bodied palate through a long, precise finish. The 2024 vintage marks a distinctive change in approach, with the wine fermented and matured entirely in a new Austrian oak foudre. Fresh enough for grilled fish or a goat's cheese soufflé, yet built to gain greater weight and honeyed complexity with time in the cellar.
What the winery says:
The Chenin Blanc was hand-picked from vines grown on a loess clay slope at the organically farmed Wrekin Vineyard in Marlborough's Southern Valleys. Only free-run juice was used, helping retain purity and delicacy. For the 2024 vintage, the wine was fermented and matured in a new large-format ovoid Austrian oak foudre, where it underwent natural malolactic fermentation and aged on yeast lees for 12 months. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered. The wine is vegan, organic and certified under Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand.
What the experts say:
Cameron Douglas MS, 95/100 & Outstanding (2024 Vintage)
“Fantastic bouquet, a wine that just gets better the older it gets. Aromas and flavours of baked apple and white flowers.”
Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, 95/100 (2023 Vintage)
“Tangy, lively chenin blanc with classic green apple and lime zest flavours supported by sleek, nervy acidity.”
