A single vineyard Chardonnay from Trelinnoe (tree-lin-o) vineyard on Roys Hill, named after the owner’s historical ties to Cornwall. Trelinnoe Chardonnay is a part of Bilancia’s project to highlight some of the most unique, small, single vineyards in Hawke’s Bay. The Roys Hill hillside terraces are sandstone over limestone and are planted with clone UCD15 Chardonnay. The fruit was 100% hand-picked, then whole bunch pressed to French oak barriques for fermentation. Indigenous yeast carried the ferment to dryness. The wine spent 11 months in oak prior to bottling; there was no fining or cold stabilisation. There are no additives other than sulphur. 2020 was a spectacular vintage for Hawke’s Bay and this Chardonnay shows greatness of the vintage. Ripe, full fruit and complexity perfectly balanced with the oak influence results in a classic, tight Chardonnay, buttery and creamy, lush texture with a touch of anise on the finish, long and concentrated.