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De Sousa Chardonnay Unoaked VQA

De Sousa Chardonnay (Unoaked) VQA Wine Details
Price: $14.90 per bottle

Description: By award-winning winemaker Andre Lipinski. Andre was awarded a Gold Medal by Vinitaly for a previous chard. This one is not oaked, allowing the delicate varietal characteristics to caress your palate. Similar to a Chabis. Will impress those who wish to move away from the heavy oak treatments of many chardonnays.

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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