The rocks are snow white. You can crumble them in your hands. The only other place I have come across these is Champagne.
But I am on the other side of the world, in Waikari, North Canterbury, on the former lime quarry that is Bell Hill Vineyard.
The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grown here are exceptional. Long-lived, only opening up slowly, exquisitely concentrated yet so lithe, linear, straight and absolutely aromatic; so direct, so bare and yet so beguiling.
The wines reflect not only this poor, almost hostile site but the determination, resilience and beauty of the two people who make them.
Scroll down to see notes and scores for Bell Hill Chardonnay and Pinot…
Source : https://www.decanter.com.master.public.keystone-prod-eks-euw1.futureplc.engineering/premium/bell-hill-vineyard-a-canterbury-tale-of-love-chardonnay-and-pinot-noir-541012/
