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Wine Details
Price:
$42.00 per bottle
Description:
This Chardonnay was 100% barrel fermented in new and older French barrels. Fermentation on native yeast and natural malolactic fermentation entirely in barrel, lees contact and stirring by hand are unique to our Estate Chardonnay. Rich flavors of ripe peach and apricot marry with vanilla, spice and toasted hazelnut offering a literal explosion of flavor in the mouth. At the same time however, there is a more refined side that I don't usually see from such a warm vintage.
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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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