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Wine Details
Price:
$20.00 per bottle
Description:
The aroma of the 2002 Las Patolitas Chardonnay is bright and fruit centered with inviting notes of tropical fruit, caramelized pear, orange, and ripe peach. Also on the nose are cinnamon, nutmeg, butterscotch, and honey, all exhibiting the distinctive nature of the Carneros appellation. It is characterized by rich fruit flavors that exhibit crisp, beautifully balanced acidity. All these nuances linger delicately long after the wine is enjoyed. Firm acidity keeps this wine refreshing and bright.
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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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