2013 Cheap Chardys: Selaks Reserve Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2013 – $

Light gold. 13.5%. Warm, rich, round and spicy nose.

Quite dense and ripe on palate. Lots of golden stone fruit and sunshine in the glass. Tasty. Not a great deal of complexity, but this wine still tends towards the educated end of the I’m-affordable-drink-me-now wine spectrum. A great effort and really good for the price. 4.

Worth the Cuisine recommendation and some cellar time.