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Wine Details
Price:
$22.00 per bottle
Description:
Barrel fermented in 30% new French oak barrels with 100% of the wine undergoing malolactic fermentation, the 2003 Abbott’s Chardonnay was aged for 11 months in the barrel with lees being stirred once a month creating a luscious mouth-feel and creamy texture. The nose of this wine is filled with honeydew melon, cantaloupe, peach, vanilla crème caramel, and candied walnuts. With intense flavors of red delicious apples dipped in caramel, pear blossom and honeysuckle with a creamy mouth-feel and crisp acidity, the Abbott’s Vineyard 2003 Chardonnay will age gracefully over time.
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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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