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Wine Details
Price:
$24.00 per bottle
Description:
Our 2007 LeNude Chardonnay is produced from grapes grown in Alexander Valley bordered by Russian River and Chalk Hill Appellations. This area has unique river benchland soils, which produce some of California’s most distinctive Chardonnays. This unoaked Chardonnay was fermented and aged sur lie for eight months in Stainless Steel Tank. The wine possesses a pale straw color, offering aromas of young pineapple, lemongrass, and honeysuckle in the bouquet. On the palate, this Chardonnay delivers flavors of fresh tropical fruit and yellow flowers, refreshing acidity, and it concludes with a crisp lively 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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