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Wine Details
Price:
$9.00 per bottle
Description:
Many people associate chardonnays exclusively with the big, oaky, buttery California style. Not here in Oregon. In the Willamette Valley, due to the cooler weather and ‘abundant water’ the Chardonnays are lighter, grassier and have a nice acid balance.
The fruit aromas tend to be lighter and towards grapefruit & honey texture.
This makes them an excellent accompiant to foods, particularly fish and fowl. Fermented & aged in steel to maintain the fresh flavors of the grape, not the wood barrels.
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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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