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Wine Details
Price:
$18.00 per bottle
Description:
This wine was fermented in tight-grained French oak barrels and then was aged “sur lie” for 8 1/2 months. The barrels were stirred bi-weekly, adding roundness and texture to the finished wine. Currently, this wine possesses a beautiful brilliant pale straw gold color. Pineapple, citrus and toasty oak scents lead to a medium bodied, supple entry full of apple, pear, hazelnut and creamy oak flavors that persist into a crisp, long finish.
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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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