Stoneleigh Marlborough Chardonnay 2025

Product Description

Founded in New Zealand’s renowned Marlborough region, Stoneleigh is celebrated for crafting vibrant, fruit driven wines that reflect the purity and character of its unique stony vineyards. The winery takes its name from the sunstones scattered throughout the vineyard soils, which absorb warmth during the day and radiate heat through cool evenings, helping create wines with intensity, freshness and elegant structure. Stoneleigh Marlborough Chardonnay 2025 continues this expressive house style, balancing ripe fruit richness with refreshing minerality and subtle oak complexity.

Region and Vintage Conditions

Sourced from Marlborough vineyards in New Zealand’s South Island, this Chardonnay benefits from long sunshine hours, cool nights and free draining stony soils that encourage concentrated fruit flavour while preserving natural acidity. The 2025 growing season delivered favourable ripening conditions, allowing the fruit to develop vibrant stone fruit character alongside freshness and balance. Marlborough’s cool climate influence gives the wine its lifted aromatics, crisp structure and refined mineral edge.

Winemaking Techniques

Carefully selected Chardonnay parcels were harvested at optimum ripeness to preserve freshness and varietal purity. Fermentation included a lees aged barrel component to enhance texture, palate weight and complexity. Subtle oak maturation added gentle toast and nutty notes while maintaining the wine’s bright fruit profile. The result is a balanced Chardonnay with creamy texture, integrated oak and vibrant acidity.

Tasting Notes

Appearance: Light straw with bright golden highlights.

Aroma: Aromas of ripe peach, pear and nectarine layered with hints of toasted oak, warm nuts and subtle citrus zest.

Palate: Smooth and textural with flavours of juicy stone fruits, ripe pear, creamy lees character and gentle oak spice balanced by refreshing acidity and minerality.

Finish: Soft, supple and lingering with notes of citrus, toasted nuts and a clean mineral finish.

Key Characteristics

• Premium Marlborough Chardonnay from New Zealand

• Crafted from vineyards with distinctive sunstone soils

• Fresh stone fruit flavours with subtle oak influence

• Creamy texture balanced by vibrant acidity

• Elegant cool climate style with mineral freshness

• Smooth, versatile and food friendly Chardonnay

Reviewer Style Impressions

This Chardonnay delivers a refined Marlborough expression, combining ripe orchard fruit and creamy texture with restrained oak complexity. Its balance of freshness, minerality and soft palate weight makes it approachable while still offering depth and sophistication.

Food Pairing Recommendations

Pairs beautifully with roast chicken, creamy pasta dishes, grilled salmon, seafood risotto, pork loin or soft creamy cheeses. Its freshness and subtle oak character also complement herb roasted vegetables and buttery seafood dishes.

Vintage Note

*Vintage may vary. Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is displayed, however variations can occur.