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Wine Details
Price:
$20.00 per bottle
Description:
The grapes for this wine come primarily from the Henschel and Trovao vineyards located on the Naramata Bench and the Intile vineyard in Penticton and Szalay vineyard in Oliver. The grapes were hand picked between October 23 and 29, 2004 at approximately 23.3 brix. Approximately 40% of this wine has beend barrel fermented in older American and French oak. All the wine was allowed to go through malolactic fermentation before being blended and bottled.
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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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