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Wölffer Estate Vineyard

Wölffer Estate Vineyard
2021 Perle, Chardonnay, Long Island

Pair this wine with:
Chicken Shellfish Turkey

Category: Chardonnay

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.5% RS: .05%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$32

Wölffer Estate Vineyard
2021 Perle, Chardonnay, Long Island

Pair this wine with:
Chicken Shellfish Turkey

Category: Chardonnay

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.5% RS: .05%
Golden straw color. Aromas of lemon cream, vanilla malt, baked yellow apple ala mode, and brioche with a full body and a long vanilla orange cream, baked apple, white flowers, and marzipan finish. This wine delivers like a Motorhead guitar solo: fast, loud, and powerful, so enjoy the performance, it’s worth the price of admission.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: lemon cream, vanilla malt, baked yellow apple ala mode, and brioche
Taste Flavor: vanilla orange cream, baked apple, white flowers, and marzipan
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years Enjoy on its own
Recipes Pairing: Turkey, Roasted Chicken, Boiled Lobster
Bottom Line Bottom Line: This wine delivers like a Motorhead guitar solo: fast, loud, and powerful, so enjoy the performance, it's worth the price of admission.

The Producer

Wölffer Estates

The Producer
PO Box 9002 139 Sagg Rd
Sagaponack, NY 11932
USA
1 631-537-5106

Chardonnay

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Serve in a White Wine Glass
Chardonnay is arguably the world’s most famous white variety, thanks to its success in France’s Burgundy region as well as throughout much of California. Chardonnay on its own has rather straightforward, pleasant aromas of apple and pear, but when aged (and sometimes fermented) in small oak barrels, the wines take on extra richness as well as notes of toasted almond, vanilla and yeast.

The most renowned examples of Chardonnay are from small villages and vineyards in Burgundy, such as Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet and Meursault. These wines are very powerful with ample spicy notes and very good acidity; they age very well, sometimes as long as 20-25 years. Another part of Burgundy, Chablis, is home to more restrained style of Chardonnay. Certain areas of California, especially Russian River Valley in Sonoma and Santa Barbara County are also home to many distinguished examples of Chardonnay, with those from the latter region often displaying tropical fruit flavors.

Given that most Chardonnnays are aged in small oak barrels, there has been a movement as of late to give consumers a mored delicate style of Chardonnay, without all the spicy and toasty flavors. Thus there are now many producers that produce non-oak aged Chardonnays; this has been seen from many producers from Australia as well as a few in California as well.

Chardonnay, especially oak-aged versions, are quite rich and need seafood of equal richness at the dinner table. Thus lobster, halibut and swordfish are ideal food pairings.