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Grove Virginia Stainless Chardonnay

Grove Virginia Stainless Chardonnay Wine Details
Price: $14.95 per bottle

Description: Michael Kelley's Cedar Springs Vineyard provided this excellent fruit from Clone 96 grape vines planted in 1997. 2005 was the vintage of the decade in the Piedmont of Southern Virginia and North Carolina. Lack of rainfall kept the sugars from going too high while allowing for a long hang time producing intense flavors.

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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