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Chardonnay

Chardonnay Wine Details
Price: $11.99 per bottle

Description: Chardonnay from Washington state is known for its wonderful fruit forward flavor profiles. This wine is no exception. Bursting with flavors and aromas of melon, apple and pear, it also reveals slight floral notes in the background. Bright, crisp acidity makes this Chardonnay a perfect accompaniment to food.

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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