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Sterling Vineyards Winery Lake Chardonnay

Sterling Vineyards Winery Lake Chardonnay Wine Details
Price: $28.00 per bottle

Description: The 2002 Winery Lake Chardonnay is a bright, medium straw color. The aroma and flavor of fresh pineapple are pronounced in this vintage, followed by notes of golden delicious apple, layered with brown sugar, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg and hints of vanilla. The mouthfeel is rich, creamy and beautifully modulated with bright acid. The wine is medium bodied, with a lingering finish.

Varietal Definition
Chardonnay:
Chardonnay is by far the most widely planted grape crop in California and dominates California’s cooler, coastal, quality wine regions. The natural varietal ‘taste and smell’ of Chardonnay is surprisingly unfamiliar to many wine drinkers, as its true character is often guised with dominating winemaking signatures. Chardonnay’s rather subdued primary fruit characteristics lean toward the crisp fruitiness of apples, pears and lemon, but the variety’s full body is capable of supporting a host of complementary characteristics, such as oak, butter and vanilla. Regardless of what is the appropriate style for Chardonnay, the varietal continues to dominate vineyard plantings in every corner of the world. Close attention to clonal selection has made this broad geographic and climactic range of Chardonnay viable in thoughtful viticultural hands.


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