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Wine Details
Price:
$24.95 per bottle
Description:
The Chardonnay represents a tribute to Charlotte Warren, the wife of Stoney Ridge’s founding winemaker, Jim Warren. This limited edition wine is an excellent vehicle for showcasing the true varietals characteristics of the noble Chardonnay variety. For an unoaked Chardonnay, this wine shows a surprising amount of full-bodied complexity on the palate. Rich flavours of pineapple, melon, banana and citrus can be identified in the bouquet and on the palate. The wine starts with a hint of sweetness, followed by a cleansing acidity making for an extremely pleasant addition to any light meal.
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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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