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Wine Details
Price:
$22.99 per bottle
Description:
Lush fruit and medium-body are the dominant qualities of this wine. There are very nice aromatics of pears, apples, baking spices and dried hay. The wine has the viscous texture that is the hallmark of the vintage but is not heavy in the least. In fact it has just enough weight to carry the flavors through to a spicy, long and satisfying finish that is tinged with a touch of lemony acid that lifts rather than sheers off the fruit. First vintage in two years, Patty declassified the previous two vintages as not good enough.
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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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