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Chardonnay 2007

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Chardonnay 2007

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Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2006
Price: $18.95

Wine Description:
A beautiful, bright medium gold and an alluring nose of butterscotch and tropical fruits with an intriguing whiff of milk chocolate. With a texture like silk on the palate, the flavours reveal mango, pineapple, peach and banana rounded out by elegant oak notes of caramel and vanilla.

Suggested Food Accompaniments:
This wine goes well with crab cake, salmon, corn chowder and Gouda.

2008 Awards:
Cuvée Awards - Gold
All Canadian Wine Championships - Gold - Best Chardonnay under $20.00
Finger Lakes International Wine Competition - Silver
Chardonnay-du-Monde (Burgundy, France) - Bronze

Reviews:
Deep yellow straw; spicy, toasty, pineapple; mouth-filling, sweet, toasty, tropical fruit; well made, nicely balanced with a nutty finish. ****1/2 Tony Aspler

Technical Notes:

Appellation: VQA - St. David's Bench
Vineyards: Donald Ziraldo Vineyard
Harvest Date: September 20, 2007
Harvest Conditions: Sunny, warm, cloudless
Case Production: 200
Alcohol/Volume: 13.0%
Sweetness Code: Dry - O
Residual Sugar: 2 g/L
Total Acidity: 5.7 g/L
pH Level: 3.43
Malo Lactic Fermentation: Yes

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