Tony Bish Egg 3 Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2024
Case Buys Only | 6 x 750ml
Tony Bish Egg 3 Hawkes Bay Chardonnay captures the most compelling individual ferment from six concrete eggs filled with Mendoza clone Chardonnay from the Two Terraces Vineyard. Lemon and orange blossom lead into candied citrus peel, almond, cashew, hazelnut and fresh herbs, with subtle salinity and savoury complexity underneath. The palate is expansive yet tightly focused, combining impressive volume with bright acidity, fine pithy tannins and exceptional length. This is a distinctive, age-worthy expression of Hawke's Bay Chardonnay, with enough freshness to balance its richness. Enjoy it with roast hapuku, butter-poached crayfish or chicken finished with tarragon and cream.
What the winery says:
The fruit comes from the single Two Terraces Vineyard in the Mangatahi sub-region of Hawke's Bay, where regeneratively farmed Mendoza clone Chardonnay is trained on a two-cane VSP trellis. The 2024 growing season was warm and dry, followed by a stable autumn harvest. Whole-bunch pressed Chardonnay juice was placed into six concrete egg fermenters, with vessel No.3 selected for its intensity, power and precision. The finished wine shows lemon and orange blossom, nougat, almond, tarragon, marjoram and candied citrus peel, followed by citrus, fresh herbs, cashew, hazelnut and cinnamon. It has 13.5% alcohol and can be cellared for 6 to 12 years.
What the experts say:
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, 96/100 and 5 Stars (2024)
“The beautifully composed and inviting bouquet presents aromas of golden peach, citrus peel, roasted hazelnut, and a hint of vanilla. This leads to a rich palate that offers intense fruit flavours and stylish complexity. The wine is velvety, with a fine oak infusion and excellent acidity, making it hugely appealing. At its best: now to 2036”.
Candice Chow, Candice Wine Chat, 96/100 (2024)
“An inaugural release of this single-ferment sourced from Two Terraces vineyard, 100% Mendoza clone. A wine of excellent presence, with an oily mouthfeel, cohesive satin texture, seamless acidity and a lasting impression.”
Cameron Douglas MS, 95/100 (2024)
“Complex, sophisticated, international and new. Aromas of fresh orchard fruits and spice, an engaging positive reductive quality, citrus peel and crumbled clay stony soils ideas. Dry, taut, textured and complex. Excellent mouthfeel and length, plenty of poise with a saline quality to the acidity, deliciously fresh and lengthy a wine with flavours that mirror the bouquet and mouthfeel that keeps bringing me back to taste again. Very well made with best drinking from 2026 through 2030+.”
