Walter Hansel - Cuvée Alyce Chardonnay 2006 (750ml) Garda it has main- tained freshness

it has main- tained freshness over the course of long aging on the lees

framing the wine and highlighting the subtle

This playful skins driven wine hails from sunny Gisborne

but it is superbly fine in grain

There is something magical happening here

Walter Hansel - Cuvée Alyce Chardonnay 2006 (750ml) Garda it has main- tained freshnessThe best cuvee I tasted of the 2006s is the 2006 Chardonnay Cuvee Alyce, a spectacular Chardonnay that possesses notes of buttered citrus, white currants, crushed rocks, honeysuckle, and tropical fruits. It is full bodied, rich, deep, pure, and stunningly long and intense. This is a superb Chardonnay and the most opulent and fleshy of all these wines. A terrific source of sensational Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays made very much in the style of the wines