Gourmet Traveller Wine : by Bob Campbell MW  August 2008

Staete Landt 2006 Marlborough Chardonnay

95 points
An impressive chardonnay with a great concentration of citrus fruit flavours upon which the winemaker has added subtle layers of nutty oak and bready yeast characters. This is the product of low-yielding vines and meticulous winemaking.

Winestate Magazine : by Recent Releases  July/August 2008

Staete Landt 2006 Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay

Delicious now, this fragrant, sweet-fruited wine is mouthfilling, peachy and mealy, with hints of butterscotch and toasty oak in a ripe, high-flavoured style with excellent complexity.

Sydney Morning Herald : by Huon Hooke   10 June 2008

92 points

Staete Landt 2005 Marlborough Chardonnay

A mutifaceted Kiwi Chardonnay which has nutty, stonefruit and toasty barrel aromas with a lick of honey and a touch of butter. It's soft, rich and round in the mouth with a long, properly dry aftertaste. A rewarding drink.

COOPERS BUYERS GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND WINES 2008 : by Michael Cooper  January 2008

Staete Landt 2005 Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay

This consistently impressive, single vineyard wine is grown in the Rapaura district, hand-picked, wholebunch pressed, and fermented with some use of indiginous yeasts in French oak barriques (25% new). The 2005 vintage (4,5 stars) is a rich, complex style with a slightly toasty bouquet and mouthfilling body. Generous and open, it has sweet-fruit delights, rich, peachy, mealy flavours and lovely softness of texture.

Viva, New Zealand Herald : by Jo Bruzynska  5 September 2007

Staete Landt 2005 Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay

This elegant chardonnay, with its toasty and opulently textured but crisp palate of ripe stone fruit and hazelnut, would make a great match with flavoursome fish or roast chicken, and has the weight to take on meatier fare such as pork tenderloin.

Gourmet Traveller Wine : by Bob Campbell  August 2007

93 points

Staete Landt 2005 Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay
Intense and full-flavoured wine with strong, nutty and classy oak interwoven with grapefruit and peach fruit. Very stylish and quite complex, it has good cellaring potential. Consistenly one of Marlborough's best chardonnays.

WinestatE Magazine : by Michael Cooper  August 2007

Staete Landt 2005 Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay
Rich, complex style with a slightly toasty bouquet and mouthfilling body.
Generous and open, with sweet-fruit delights, rich, peachy, mealy flavours
and lovely softness of texture.

examiner.com : by Scott Greenberg - Vine Guy  June 7th, 2007

'This Chardonnay seduces rather than overwhelms the palate. Aged mostly in older French oak barrels, the wine received just a little infuence from the wood. Distinctive flavors of nectarine and lush peaches are prominently displayed on the front of the palate while notes of vanilla and roasted nuts sneak in the crisp finish. Perfect with grilled branzini.'

Sydney International Wine Competition : 03/03/07

Blue Gold Award and Top 100 wine.

The Sydney International Wine Competition

Michael COOPERS BUYERS GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND WINES : by Michael Cooper  01/01/07

Staete Landt 2004 Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay
The subtle, elegant 2004 vintage has leesy, nutty aromas leading into a crisp, citrusy, finely structured palate with good weight and complexity, a restrained oak influence and lingering finish. Still fresh and youthful, it's unfolding extremely well.

North & South Magazine : by Stephen Bennett MW  October 2006

Wine of The Month Staete Landt Marlborough Chardonnay 2004

Unusual name but excellent wine and owners Ruud Maasdam and Dorien Vermaas are two of the industry's loveliest people and deserve every success. Staete Landt is the old Dutch name Abel Tasman first gave New Zealand in 1642. It's rough translation is " land discovered in honour of the governors [staete] of the Dutch Republic". More importantly this is one of Marlborough's best Chardonnays - a fine, dry, concentrated food- friendly wine with integrated butterscotch flavours leaning towards Burgundy in style. Well worth $29.

International Wine & Spirits Competition : July 2006

Staete Landt 2004 Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay
Silver Award

www.webwombat.com.au : by Paul Ippolito  Autumn / Winter 2006 New Release

90 points

Staete Landt 2004 Estate Grown Chardonnay- $28 - pale straw to pale yellow - classy and vibrant - distinctive - Burgundian - flinty, apple, nectarine - dry long and slatey, toasty with a whiff of nuts - lees matchstick character - touch of wild yeast - strong and potent - serious - impressive yet stylish and elagant - different - intricate with a substantial aftertaste - nutmeg and spicy oak - Drink 2006 - 2010. 90/100

WINESTATE MAGAZINE : March 06

Staete Landt Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay 2004
A lovely spine gives this wine endlessness but the fruit is generous and mouthfilling as well. Dry, alive and best with food, a delicious European style chardonnay for the enthusiast. In no hurry and perhaps the best vintage of this label in its five years.

GOURMET WINE TRAVELLER : November 05

Staete Landt Estate Grown Marlborough Chardonnay 2004
An austere, dry Burgundy style chardonnay with evidence of mineral, white peach and citrus flavours plus a solid helping of smokey oak. This uncompromisingly dry, food friendly wine needs time to release potential complexity.

North & South Magazine : by Stephen Bennett MW 

Wine of The Month Staete Landt Marlborough Chardonnay 2004

Unusual name but excellent wine and owners Ruud Maasdam and Dorien Vermaas are two of the industry's loveliest people and deserve every success. Staete Landt is the old Dutch name Abel Tasman first gave New Zealand in 1642. It's rough translation is " land discovered in honour of the governors [staete] of the Dutch Republic". More importantly this is one of Marlborough's best Chardonnays - a fine, dry, concentrated food- friendly wine with integrated butterscotch flavours leaning towards Burgundy in style. Well worth $29.

MICHAL COOPER'S BUYER GUIDE TO NZ WINES : by Michael Cooper 

Staete Landt 2002 Chardonnay

"...it possesses rich, ripe, citrusy fruit flavours, integrated biscuity wood and a distinct touch of butterscotch. An elegant, concentrated and tightly structured wine with a long finish. It should be at its best from mid-2004 onwards."

CUISINE : by Bob Campbell 

Staete Landt 2002 Chardonnay

Rich, full and complex Marlborough wine with layers of ripe grapefruit and biscuity oak flavours. Mouthfilling and refined.

MICHAEL COOPER'S NEW ZEALAND WINE GUIDE : by Michael Cooper  2003

Staete Landt Marlborough Chardonnay
The deliciously fat and creamy-soft 2001 vintage is a single-vineyard wine, grown in the Rapaura district. Based on low-cropped vines (six tonnes per hectare), it was hand-picked, whole bunch pressed and fully fermented with some indigenous yeast in French oak barriques (25 per cent new), with full malolactic fermentation. Oak-aged for 15 months, it's a deliciously easy-drinking, weighty, forward wine with lush, peachy, mealy, toasty flavours, rounded and rich. Drink now onwards. DRY $27-V

SYDNEY SUNDAY LIFE : by Ralph Kyte-Powell  November

Staete Landt Marlborough Chardonnay 2001
A complex, classical chardonnay - not just a reflection of ripe grapes - winemaking technique is a big part. The aroma and flavour reveal a melange of toffee, fig, mineral notes, a creamy lingering thing with a firm mouthfeel. Better in a year or so. Serve with richer fish dishes.