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Wine Details
Price:
$13.00 per bottle
Description:
This special barrel-fermented Chardonnay has an excellent balance of vanilla and buttery flavors. We allow the wine to remain in the oak barrels on the yeast lees up to a year, which produces a natural fining. Its subtle citrus flavor gives it a lovely finish, and would complement cheese, fish and fruit. This wine will age nicely, or enjoy drinking it now.
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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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