Purple Hands Dundee Hills Reserve Chardonnay 2023 080725OFFER working with the region's traditional

working with the region's traditional grapes from the scree slopes of Mont Granier

A classical Saint-Julien from one of the appellation's standard-bearers

The fruit is hand-harvested

and 2003 captured the chateau in a particularly sumptuous register

Purple Hands Dundee Hills Reserve Chardonnay 2023 080725OFFER working with the region's traditionalCody Wright (son of Ken Wright) launched Purple Hands in 2005 (later joined by his wife Marque), and the Reserve Chardonnay is a Dundee Hills reserve selection sourced from blocks of the estate Haakon Lenai vineyard in the Dundee Hills, planted in the red Jory volcanic soils that define the area. Dry farmed and organically tended, the wine is built for tension rather than richness: bright citrus and orchard fruit, a stony mineral spine and judicious