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Wine Details
Price:
$12.40 per bottle
Description:
An extremely crisp and aromatic styled Chardonnay, this wine delivers upfront fruit on the bouquet including citrus rind, green apple and tropical fruit. The palate is clean and refreshing, slightly rounded with creamy oak notes and ending in a crisp citrus finish. This versatile wine is great on its own or with light foods. Drinking well now but will hold until 2008.
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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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