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2012 Elephant Hill Rania
The Icons

2022
Elephant Hill
Salomé

$95.00

10% Case Discount (12 bottles or more, any mix)
Discount automatically applied at checkout
Flat $10 shipping nationwide (New Zealand)

The Icon range represents the pinnacle of Elephant Hill’s winemaking.

Hand crafted in small batches, in low volumes, from a selection of only the best grapes, from the best vineyard blocks and aged in the best quality French barrels. These special wines are for collecting and cellaring and will age well in bottle for many years

Salomé is our finest Chardonnay cuvée, named after a well- loved 18th century ancestor of the founding family of Elephant Hill, Maria Salomé Ebner von Eschenbach.

Technical information: 

98% Sea (Te Awanga) & 2% Earth (Bridge Pa)
100% Chardonnay, handpicked
Whole bunch pressed to barrel
Naturally fermented, partial malolactic
11 months aged in French barrel, 62% new
300 cases produced

 

Reviews & Accolades:

"A bouquet and palate of ripe yellow stone fruits, sweet grapefruit peel, layers of wood spice and citrus, baking spices and some wood smoke. There’s also some earth smoke reflecting the essence of place with a saline and dry stone qualities. Full-bodied with a complexity and elegance, spice and acidity, gentle warmth form alcohol and a long complex finish. A great wine..."
Cameron Douglas MS

95 points - Candice Chow
97 points – Sam Kim
96 points – Cameron Douglas MS
96 points – Sammy Wilkinson
95 points - Stephen Wong MW

 

Technical Information