

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.




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 |