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Wine Details
Price:
$20.00 per bottle
Description:
The cool and windy climate of the Floodgate Vineyard, located in Anderson Valleys "Deep End", allows the fruit additional hang time, lending intensity and structure to the wine. Floodgate Chardonnay tastes more like a classic Burgundian white than a California Chardonnay.
Intrigue your senses with this forward, accessible, intensely aromatic Chardonnay. Flavors of lemongrass and pear with overtones of vanilla combine with a crisp acidity balanced with oak, malo-lactic acids and essence of tropic fruit and mineral to create a rich tasting experience
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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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