Ashleigh Barrowman, 'Queen of Swords' Chardonnay, 2023 dummy tag with flint and salt

with flint and salt

This wine celebrates balance

with medium body

floral and spicy tones

linear and concentrated with a crisp

Ashleigh Barrowman, 'Queen of Swords' Chardonnay, 2023 dummy tag with flint and saltThis is Marlborough Chardonnay, but not as most know it. After years working alongside Jura legend Domaine Labet, Ashleigh Barrowman has brought that same Jura centric, "vins vivants" philosophy to the Southern Valleys. Sourced from the biodynamic Wrekin Vineyard, the Queen of Swords is all about tension and savoury detail. Its lean and saline, trading tropical fruit for notes of bruised apple, flint, and a nutty, yeast driven complexity from 18