2022 Pyramid Valley Field of Fire Chardonnay

Highly Rated
Exquisite, saline and driven single vineyard NZ Chardonnay, from one of the country's biodynamic pioneers.

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Woof. The new team at Pyramid Valley continue to work wonders with the Weersing's pioneering organic vineyards - the new releases of the Botanical Series are exceptional but very limited.

Field of Fire Chardonnay is powerfully driven and crunchy, brimming with life and minerality. Orchard fruit, pebble dust, tight acidity and long finish that is restrained for the present.

Wild fermented, rested on lees for 17 months in old French oak, bottled unfined and unfiltered.

96 points
“Expansive, succulent white of depth and concentration with pretty lift and complexity... It’s such a chilled-out white, but so much is going on. And gosh it drinks beautifully.”
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

96 points
“Plenty of depth and flow on the palate but there's a real sense of sapidity and mouth-watering mineral drive, finishing chalky and uber pure.”
- Dave Brookes, (Halliday Wine Companion)
95 points
“If the Field of Fire were a person, it wouldn't suffer fools gladly... However, its quality is not in its flavors but its texture and power. Where I'm from, we say, 'Shy brains got nowt' and this isn't shy.”
- Rebecca Gibb MW (Vinous)

96 points - “Expansive, succulent white of depth and concentration with pretty lift and complexity from jasmine florals, warm straw, hazelnut and button mushroom savouriness amongst the mandarin, ginger, lime, green apple going on. The supple flow stretches luxuriously through the palate and finishes with a light, building chalky pucker. It’s such a chilled out white, but so much is going on. And gosh it drinks beautifully.” - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

96 points - “From a scant 0.3ha southeast-facing high-density planting of chardonnay on limestone/clay soils of the home estate. Wonderfully detailed white peach and citrus fruit with wisps of struck flint, soft spice, clotted cream, oyster shell, toasted hazelnuts, white flowers and crushed stone. Plenty of depth and flow on the palate but there's a real sense of sapidity and mouth-watering mineral drive, finishing chalky and uber pure.” - Dave Brookes, (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points - “If the Field of Fire were a person, it wouldn't suffer fools gladly. The 2022 Chardonnay is a concentrated, direct and firm wine that knows where it's going and does so with a firm grip on your mouth. Focused, full of drive, it has sinew and sapidity. It is richly fruited - reminiscent of apricots alongside juicy lemon as well as toasted pine nuts, oats and flint. However, its quality is not in its flavors but its texture and power. Where I'm from, we say, 'Shy brains got nowt' and this isn't shy.” Rebecca Gibb MW (Vinous)

Named after the type of grass growing in the vineyard, this densely planted Chardonnay site sits on a southeast-facing, clay-limestone slope, which has been farmed biodynamically from the beginning. Although recently expanded by one hectare, the original plantings cover only a quarter of a hectare.

Like its three sibling vineyards, it's a vineyard farmed to Grand Cru Burgundy standards or higher. Fire is a cooler, rockier site than the Lions Tooth vineyard, and the wine typically shows a tighter, mineral core cloaked by layered, complex and fleshy fruit.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country New Zealand
Region Waipara
Feature Biodynamic
High Score
Organic
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Halliday Wine Companion
Vinous
Critic Score 96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure Screw Cap

Pyramid Valley

In the year 2000, Mike and Claudia Elze Weersing found the patch of earth they'd been searching 15 years for.

With a background in winemaking from Burgundy and vintages of experience from some of Europe's finest cellars, Mike knew what he wanted in a vineyard site. With Claudia by his side, they set about planting a biodynamic Garden of Eden from the ground up.

They planted four blocks, half Pinot Noir, half Chardonnay, on the slopes of Pyramid Valley in the South Island.

In 2017 the baton was passed to friends Steve Smith (of Craggy Range renown) and Brian Sheth, who took over the ownership of Pyramid Valley, to further develop this extraordinary legacy. One of their first developments was to extend the Pyramid Valley range to a magnificent winery in Central Otago.

These are some of the most compelling and individual wines in all of New Zealand that have deservedly received much critical acclaim.

The stunning Pyramid Valley Vineyard - Canterbury, NZ Pyramid Valley

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