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Wine Details
Price:
$18.00 per bottle
Description:
Here is the Napa Valley’s best buy in Chardonnay! Our SHV Chardonnay is made from grapes from our youngest vines, and while it won’t have the longevity of our estate Chardonnay, its modest price tag and fruity essence will show you why our SHV is such a bargain. Palest straw in color, this wine is bone dry with citrus and apple in the nose and peachy, flinty flavors in the mouth. The crisp mouth feel makes it a refreshing wine and the perfect accompaniment for a light evening meal of scallops or filet of sole with a lemon butter sauce. Be sure to let this wine age for about six months and then when you open it, let it aerate for twenty minutes to allow its flavors to develop
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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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