What does Chardonnay taste like? Despite its global success, Chardonnay as a grape is relatively neutral and it is not considered an aromatic variety. Indeed, it is often dubbed "the winemaker's grape", for it is in the winery that many of its defining characters are amplified or reduced....
Why do some Chardonnays taste buttery? The smell of vanilla, butter, coconut and dill are all attributes of oak-aging. However, the texture that some Chardonnays have that can be described as oily, creamy, smooth, or waxy are from a special kind of winemaking method called malolactic ferme...
a dry white table wine typically made from a single white grape variety originally grown in Francealso: the grape Chardonnay词源中文解释 干白葡萄酒的一种,起源于1907年的法国 chardonnay,最初以用于酿造这种葡萄酒的葡萄品种命名,据说是因为法国东部的 Chardonnay, Saône-et-Loire 市而得名。该名称据说源...
One hundred percent new French oak has given this wine splinters. It blasts out smoky char and vanilla, and you can even taste oak on the sappy-sweet finish. Underneath all that are peach and tropical fruit flavors, but you have to search for them. Sometimes, less is more.——S.H.(12...
This is the fourth vintage of Smith-Madrone Chardonnay I have had the opportunity to taste and all have been exquisite. WARNING: if you are a buttery or light Chardonnay wine lover, stop and don’t read this story. However, if you are looking for a bold, layered and scrumptious Chardonna...
This very rare, single-vineyard Chardonnay has distinct vanilla, golden delicious apple, banana and peach flavors—a nice mix of sweet and sour, but some tasters found searing acidity and a sharp metallic note. Finishes tart, dry and long with a bracing edge capable of cutting right through ...
This cool climate Chardonnay exposes freshness on the palate, with a sweet taste of tropical fruit, pineapple, meyer lemon, salt, pie crust and hazelnut. Enjoy. 1 Member would buy this wine again David If you liked the Cave Spring Cellars Chardonnay 2016, you might also like these wines: ...
And winemakers revel in the range of different winemaking techniques to which Chardonnay readily submits: not just a wide range of dry white wines with more weight than most, but delicate sparkling wines and even a few extremely successful sweet white wines made with the benefit of 'noble rot...
N: espresso, sweet oak, ripe plums, tobacco, sweet plums P: dry, perfect balance, dark fruit, supple cherries, good acidity, medium body, medium finish, fresh and open V: 8- 2008 Villa Torrigiani San Martino Rosso Toscana IGT (13.5% ABV, 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Sangiovese, 12 mon...
There is something very special about mountain-grown wines. They can express an intensity while maintaining their freshness that is very appealing. The Smith brothers know their mountain vineyard site, and what you will taste in their Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as their other wines, is that lov...