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Wine Details
Price:
$18.00 per bottle
Description:
Our traditionally styled Chardonnay won't disappoint. This wine has been barrel fermented and aged on the lees in a nice balance of new American oak. Warm and luscious fruit with distinctive creamy caramel apple comes forward immediately with this wine and it finishes with a touch of almond, granny apple and a bit of butter. Sur-lee (or stirring of the lees) while in the barrel has endowed this big wine with well balanced fruit and a medium "oaky" toast. Predominaely estate fruit make this a classic to be enjoyed now.
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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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