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Blank Canvas, Reed Chardonnay 2023
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Reviewed by: Erin Larkin
The 2023 Reed Chardonnay leads with toasty reduction, curry leaves, yellow peach, salted nuts and brine. In the mouth, the wine is carried in this same style, and it works so well. The curry-leaf character really is an accentuated character here, so if you're not into it, it won't work so well for you; but I happen to love it, so I am enjoying the wine immensely. This demands a full-sized Burgundy glass to really make the most of the extension of flavor through the finish. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
About the Producer
Blank Canvas is the effort of Matt Thomson, Master of Science and Sophie Parker-Thomson, Master of Wine crafting delicious small batch fine wines from three New Zealand wine regions - Marlborough, Hawke's Bay and Central Otago. Since launched in 2013, wines have been about celebrating the focus and detail of single vineyard expressions. There are nine exceptional sustainable single vineyards with the right soil, microclimate and innate high quality, also under the care and management by by people who have a fervent desire for their vineyard to grow great wine, not just grapes. Both Matt and Sophie put all their effort into making wines that are distinctive and cerebral, approaching each wine unencumbered by a regime or badge and are not beholden to tradition. Every vineyard, variety and vintage is approached as if it is a blank canvas. As a result, every wine tells a story, speaking of the exact place and time it is from.
