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Cost: $17.95
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Category: White Wine
Appellation: Vintages
Country: United States
Region: California, Monterey County
Format:
 750 mL
Producer:  Delicato Vineyards
Alcohol: 14.5% Alcohol/Vol.

Description: Medium minus gold in colour with medium+ intensity. On the nose there’s medium minus oak and toast, lemon tart, meringue, apricot, apple, peaches & cream corn, wet stone and light nutmeg. The taste is dry, med+ acidity, med to full body, med+ length and balanced. The taste is similar to the nose. The alcohol is well hidden considering it’s 14.5%.  This chard is smooth, with no bitter after taste.  Drink on it’s own or with snow crab with drawn butter.

This is a Best Buy wine.

Tasted: 19 May 2011

Score: 9.5/10, Value: 9.5/10, Total: 19/20

Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine 4.5

LCBO#158568