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Wine Details
Price:
$13.00 per bottle
Description:
This chardonnay is a traditional Chablis styled chardonnay. The wine is delicate yet well balanced. It is fermented in stainless steel and then aged in French oak, so the wine receives just a toasty kiss of oak that still allows the true fruit character to shine through. Lively lemon and pear notes with just a hint of vanilla round out the mouth. The crisp, clean finish makes our Chardonnay the perfect accompaniment to fish, fowl and lighter foods.
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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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