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Wine Details
Price:
$18.90 per bottle
Description:
We made our 2005 Un-Oaked Chardonnay in a style that is becoming increasingly popular in the Mâcon region of Burgundy. Notably there is the presence of botrytis which produces a honeyed character (despite the fact that the wine was fermented fully dry) and no oak is used to preserve the a fresh character that supports the botrytised flavours. Most of our Chardonnay has been chosen from the Okanagan Falls area because there is a minerally character to the white wines that exists nowhere else in British Columbia that we have tasted. From what we are able to surmise, this characteristic is due to the gravel and large glacial stones that make up the soil structure here that is unique to the rest of the Okanagan Valley. As well the climate is warm but not overly hot so a long slow ripening process takes place that preserves acidity yet the grapes have no problem achieving full ripeness in vineyards which have been cropped to appropriate levels. Approximately 40% of this wine is made from a clone of Chardonnay known as Chardonnay Musqué which produces a beautifully aromatic wine as the name would suggest. The botrytis originates from the Pinot Blanc that we chose to blend into this wine for that exact reason.
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