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*Wine Region*	Central Otago, New Zealand
*Wine Maker*	John Wallace
Chard Farm was established in 1987 by Motueka brothers Rob & Greg Hay. They were the first to come into the area with the intention of setting up a commercial vineyard and selected the Chard Farm site after careful evaluation of the peculiarities of grape growing in Central Otago. Rob studied winemaking in Germany for three years in the early eighties before returning to New Zealand in 1985 to search for the "terroir" that best emulated the cool continental climate and soils of some of the greatest wine producing areas of the world -- most notably the Burgundy and Alsace regions of France. That search lead to Central Otago. The long term goal being to craft the finest classic cool climate varietal wines of Pinot Noir, Riesling, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. The winery was constructed in 1993 and has the capacity to process around 250 tonnes of grapes annually with emphasis on whole bunch pressing. A recent expansion of the winery has been completed and the team at Chard Farm are pleased to report the underground barrel cellar and specialist Pinot Noir cuverie work very well. The barrel cellar uses the old world technique of sitting the barrels on bare earth pits that have been filled with gravel. This lets the cellar breathe, but more importantly keeps the humidity high, thereby preventing a lot of wine evaporation aka "the angels share" and therefore loss of wine. This is particularly important in the low natural humidity climate of Central Otago. The 400 barrel cellar could lose around 12 litres/barrel or 4,800 litres over a year!. Chard Farm hope to reduce that figure to closer to 1,000 litres.
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Chard Farm Mata Au Pinot Noir - 2009

Central Otago, New Zealand

$47.50

Chard Farm Pinot Gris - 2010

Central Otago, New Zealand

$27.50

Chard Farm River Run Pinot Noir - 2009

Central Otago, New Zealand

$34.90

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