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2001 Chardonnay

2001 Chardonnay Reserve Wine Details
Price: $17.99 per bottle

Description: 100% free-run juice (not pressed) - Fermented and partially aged in French oak barrels. The nose is greeted to a combination of oak and fruit. A complex wine with citrus fruit flavors entwined with smooth, buttery oak flavors. The finish is delightfully lingering with nuances of grapefruit and butterscotch. Will cellar very well. (0% residual sugar)

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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