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Wine Details
Price:
$11.95 per bottle
Description:
Our Estate Chardonnay shows its intense varietal fruit in wonderful lime citrus, green apple and white peach aromas combined with the crisp, flinty characters that reflect the superb terroir of coastal New England. This Chardonnay was 60% barrel fermented in new French oak(20%) and older French and American oak (80%) and aged sur lee for eleven months. The winemakers' blending techniques made this a soft and elegantly balanced wine with a wide arrangement of subtle flavors reminiscent of fresh baked bread, toasted coconut and fresh vanilla beans.
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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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