White wine · Dry
2021 Reserve Chardonel
A full bodied, barrel aged dry white with buttered biscuit, green apple and ripe pear.
Wine details
- Grape: Chardonel
- Style: White wine, dry
- Vintage: 2021
- Alcohol: 13.4%
- Residual sugar: 0.5%
- Similar to: Chardonnay
- Bottle: 750 ml
- Collection: Reserve
- Availability: Limited distribution
Tasting notes
How it tastes
Barrel aging adds depth and a creamy texture, while maintaining the variety’s natural freshness and structure. The additional sur-lie aging and higher proportion of new French oak enhance rich aromas of buttered biscuits paired with green apples and ripe pears. Showcasing notes of lemon rind, this wine is a full body white with depth and complexity.
Pairings
Serve it with
Poultry, rich seafood and cream dishes.
The wine
About this wine
Our Chardonel is the result of an exciting new hybrid grape cross between the famed Chardonnay and the popular Seyval. Select grapes, additional sur-lie aging and a higher proportion of new French oak set our Reserve Chardonel apart from our regular Chardonel. Ninety percent of the blend was aged sur-lie, “with yeast lees” in French oak puncheon barrels to add flavor and complexity to the wine. Our Reserve Chardonel spends a year in the oak barrels before being bottled.
Recognition
Awards and honors
- 90 points, 2024 American Wine Society
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