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Canadian Oak Chardonnay VQA

Canadian Oak Chardonnay VQA Wine Details
Price: $22.00 per bottle

Description: This is our third vintage using oak from a Canadian source (the oak trees grew just outside Brantford, Ontario and were sent to California to be coopered into barrels). This is an exceptionally lush and rich wine, big and round with loads of pear and soft, buttery, vanilla. Great length, lively and charming.

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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