Cost: $13.95 (on sale $12.45)
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Category: White Wine
Appellation: LCBO General List
Country: Chile
Region: Casablanca Valley
Format: 750 mL
Producer: Vina Santa Rita
Alcohol: 13.5 %
Description: Bright gold in colour with medium+ intensity on the nose.

Positives: The nose makes this wine feel like a $50 chard. It shows notes of medium toasted oak, buttery, vanilla, lemon meringue pie, caramel covered apples & popcorn. The taste feels like an under $20 chard with more citric & tart notes of lemon rind, lime, green apples, unripe pineapple, light toasted oak & limestone. Medium body with high acidity & medium+ length.

Negatives: A little tart on the taste.

Interested Thing: LCBO usually has this wine on sale a couple of times a year.

Drink now & pair it with snow crab & drawn butter.

Tasted: 17 Jan 12

Score: 8.5/10, Value: 8.5+/10, Total: 17.5/20.

Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 3

LCBO#: 348359