Greywacke Marlborough Chardonnay 2022 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The Giacometti family took over

The Giacometti family took over these granite-studded vineyards in 1987

and Rocca de Piro comes from old vines

whose vineyards were joined when the families married

hand-pressed in a century-old basket press — and the wines have a small

Whether enjoyed now or cellared

Greywacke Marlborough Chardonnay 2022 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The Giacometti family took overKevin Judd spent 25 years as the founding winemaker at Cloudy Bay the wine that made Marlborough famous before launching Greywacke under his own name in 2009. The estate takes its name from the greywacke river stones that pave Marlborough's soils. This Chardonnay shows the more serious, Burgundy leaning side of the project: wild yeast fermented and barrel aged for texture and complexity, a world away from simple New World fruit bombs. Expect richness