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Wine Details
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Description:
The Cellar Select Chardonnay is made in small quantities with a selection of the finest Chardonnay grapes brought to the winery each vintage. This rich intensely flavored wine is typically barrel fermented, allowed to complete 100% malolactic fermentation and aged in French and American oak. Cellar Select Chardonnay is produced from grapes grown primarily within the Texas High Plains appellation. The vast majority of this wine is barrel-fermented in French and American oak barrels and allowed to go through malolactic fermentation.
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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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