PYRAMID VALLEY 2020 LIONS TOOTH CHARDONNAY NORTH CANTERBURY

WINE ADVOCATE 97 POINTS - "The 2020 Lion's Tooth Chardonnay is a totally different proposition to the Field of Fire Chardonnay from the same vintage. The wine is retained and placid on the nose ... the latent power of the thing is evident from the very first sniff. It is saturated with the curry leaf/cheesecloth/brine/preserved citrus notes that I associate with this producer, but the long throw of distance that the aromatics propose hint at great things. In the mouth, the wine speaks of crushed/salted/roasted nuts, red apple skins, peach fuzz and a hint of the little calcium deposits/flecks that one can find in Comté/Pradera cheese. That's why I eat those cheeses, and that's what I see here. What an exciting wine. Pure in its fruit profile, powerful in its acid/phenolic interplay, and so long through the finish. Yes! This is why we drink Chardonnay. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink: 2023-2035."