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Estate Chardonnay

Estate Chardonnay Wine Details
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Description: The clusters of Estate-grown champagne colored berries were saturated by Summer floods during their infancy, nearly buried in the Blizzards of ’09 and later thrived during the droughts of record-high temps of late last Summer. Meanwhile, Mother Nature sent Robins to nest and start new life inside the green canopy and heavy trellis. Aged with Oak ~ for emphasis on creamy butter ~ this robust Chardonnay remembers a past and pours the gifts of sunshine, mountain and the winemaker’s care into your glass.

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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