2015 Chardonnay
$24.95
St. David’s Bench Vineyard | VQA — St David’s Bench
Winemaker's Notes
This wine is barrel fermented and aged “sur lie” for up to 12 months in French oak barrels. The resulting wine is full-bodied, combining flavours of tropical fruit and melon in a concentrated, buttery style. There are also nuances of smokiness and soft, warm spice to make things interesting. This is an age worthy Chardonnay that will continue to develop for a few years in the bottle.
Vineyard Manager's Notes
Chardonnay is one of the most widely planted varieties in the world. There are more than 40 different clones of Chardonnay and we believe we have indentified and planted the right ones for our vineyard sites. All the Chardonnay for this single vineyard wine is grown on the East side of the Château. There is a gradual but significant slope from the back of the vineyard down towards York Road to the North. This is important because it helps the under-drainage system work even more efficiently. It also helps the underground artesian water flow from the Escarpment towards the road under the vineyard so the long vine roots can pull up the limestone, calcium and other minerals that have dissolved into the water. This is expressed in the finished wine as minerality, one of the signature flavours found in wines grown on our St. David’s Bench Vineyard.
Bosc Family Food Pairings
This Chardonnay has an elegance and finesse that we love to pair food with. It is a full-bodied white wine, but the judicious use of oak doesn’t overwhelm the accompanying dish. Try it with gnocchi in a brown butter and sage sauce with a little crispy pancetta crumbled on top.
Technical Notes
| Harvest Date |
Alcohol |
Brix at Harvest |
PH |
Total Acidity |
Cases Produced |
Residual Sugar |
| October 2 |
14.20% |
24˚ |
3.46 |
6 |
483 |
2.0 g/L |
Featured Accolades
“There are leesy notes, toast, spice and buttery aromas on the nose of this medium-plus bodied, fully textured, charming chardonnay. The palate flavour is delivered on a riveting flow of grilled
pineapple, caramel, lemon curd and lime cordial. It finishes with palate-flavour replays on the monumentally long, lip-smacking finish.” 91 points. --Vic Harradine, Winecurrent.com, September 2018.
“Bright golden colour. Tropical fruit abounds with pineapple and ripe melon alongside pronounced toasty oak. This is ripe and buttery expression of Chardonnay with lots of spicy wood and even notes of chalky minerality coming through. This wine is still youthful and though the wood is presently at the forefront, there is ample concentration of fruit for the elements to integrate beautifully.” 90 points. --Alanna McIntyre, winealign.com, July 2018
“…mildly spiced and vanilla-tinged ease. There is a warmth about it that speaks to the ripeness, especially the phenolic parts that allow this slow moving and forward thinking chardonnay of plenitude to travel with well-paced motion.” 89 points. --Michael Godel, winealign.com, September 2018
“Deeply coloured and very ripe, late harvest-like, the palate is likewise full, fat and fleshy… Almost appassimento-like ripeness, complete with barley
sugar and caramel. Wood is present but not excessive. … heading more towards West Coast/ California style.” 88 points. --John Szabo, winealign.com, September 2018
“This pours fairly deep yellow-gold. It has a ripe, complex, notably wooded nose with cedary spice, buttered toast, ripe pineapple/peach fruit. It is full bodied, almost creamy in texture then dries out and warms up on the finish. Very spicy in the end as well. Excellent length. A big Niagara chardonnay.” 88 points. --David Lawrason, winealign.com, September 2018.
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