Symposium Resources
Our theme for 2024, “Sense of Place”, explored the connection between wine and its origins, celebrating how unique landscapes shape flavour profiles and winemaking traditions
Speakers for the 2024 Aotearoa Chardonnay Symposium included:
- Blair Walter, Felton Road Winemaker
- Braden Crosby, Bragato Research Institute
- Brenna Quigley, Terrior Specialist
- Jasper Morris MW (UK), Wine Writer and Critic
- Elaine Chukan Brown (USA), Wine Writer and Educator
- Jeremy McKenzie, Isabel Estate Winemaker
- Morven Macauley, Tradecraft
- Robin Shaw (Aus), Wine Tourism Australia | Vintuitions
- Samantha Connew (Aust), Stargazer Winemaker & Director
- Sherwyn Veldhuizen
- Steve Smith MW, Founder Smith & Sheth
- Steven Wong MW, Wine Writer and Educator
Full details of the Symposium and links to the resources are below.
Compendium
View the 2024 Compendium online here: ACS24 Compendium
Photographs
All photography taken by Richard Brimer. Please credit images to Richard Brimer and Aotearoa Chardonnay Symposium: @aotearoa.chardonnay @rich.brim #aotearoachardonnay
Day 1 Presentations
Brenna Quigley: Geology and Terroir, the mechanics of terroir and how to taste for it.
Steve Smith MW: Smith and Sheth/Pyramid Valley case study and tasting.
Jasper Morris MW: Burgundy update, tasting, and discussion.
Elaine Chukan Brown: The epitome of sense of place in Californian Chardonnay, tasting and discussion.
Day 2 Presentations
Braden Crosby: Clonal tasting of BRI Microvins from Escarpment and Two Terraces.
Chandré Honeth: Comparisons of Chardonnay Clones in Hawke's Bay and Martinborough.
Additional Content: Escarpment.
Additional Content: Two Terraces.
Blair Walter: Felton Road case study and tasting.
Sherwyn Veldhuizen: Bell Hill case study and tasting.
Jeremy Mckenzie: Isabel Estate case study and tasting.
Robin Shaw: Telling the story of place.
Day 1 Wines
Day 1, Session 3
Wine 1: Patrick Piuze Chablis Butteaux 1er Cru 2022
Wine 2: Domaine William Fèvre Bougros Côte Bouguerots Grand Cru 2020
Wine 3: Domaine Guillemot-Michel Viré-Clessé Quintaine 2020
Wine 4: Domaine Barraud Pouilly-Fuissé La Maréchaude 1er Cru 2022
Wine 5: Domaine Pierre Morey Meursault 2020
Day 2 Wines
Day 2, Session 4
Wine 1: Jean-Hugues et Guilhem Goisot Côtes d'Auxerre Gueules de Loup 2021
Wine 2: Alice & Olivier de Moor Chablis Bel Air et Clardy 2022
Wine 3: Benoît Moreau Chassagne-Montrachet 2021
Wine 4: Domaine Darviot-Perrin Meursault Charmes 1er Cru 2021