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Wine Details
Price:
$30.00 per bottle
Description:
Grapes for our Private Reserve Chardonnay are sourced from the Green Island Vineyard, located by the San Pablo Bay. This area of Carneros displays cool, windy conditions which promote the development of intense flavors. This Chardonnay smells of loads of citrus, Meyer lemon, grapefruit, pineapple, honey and apricot. The wine is well balanced, layerd and rich while maintaining crispness. The entry is smooth and silky followed by a round, layered voluptuous midpalate. The finish lasts about 30 seconds. Interlaced aromas of lemon and apricot run throughout the wine.
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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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