The Tiritiri Chardonnay is expressive, unpretentious, and quietly precise. Juicy summer stone fruit and a lift of bright citrus lead the palate, layered with a distinctive salty, rockpool minerality that speaks to Nelson's coastal cool-climate origins. Subtle lees work adds roundness and shape without weighing down the finish, and there's just a suggestion of French oak — enough to frame the fruit, never to dominate it. Sleek, balanced, and complex.