2006 Chardonnay CSV

Appellation:

VQA Beamsville Bench • CSV

About This Wine:

Our estate is nestled on a sheltered terrace of the Niagara Escarpment overlooking Lake Ontario, known as the Beamsville Bench. Its limestone-rich soils, gentle slope and exposure to moderated lake breezes combine to create wines of great structure and elegance. Produced from CSV’s oldest, lowest-yielding vines, this wine give full expression to the terroir of our site.

Origin:

Two blocks of vines ranging 29 to 33 years in age, in particularly gravelly soil at Cave Spring Vineyard.

Soil:

Stony, limestone-rich clay till overlying shale and sandstone.

Composition:

100% Chardonnay

Harvest Data:

Harvest Date- Sept. 30
Sugar- 20.7 Brix
Titratable Acidity- 9.0
pH- 3.00
Yield- 3.5 tonnes (61 hl/ha)

Vinification:

Barrel fermented in French oak, 60% of which was new, followed by 10 months of barrel ageing sur lie.

Bottling Data:

Bottling Date- Sep. ‘07
Alc./Vol. 13.5%
Residual Sugar- 2.0 g/L
Titratable Acidity- 7.8 g/L
pH- 3.47
Production- 280 cs. (9L)

Tasting Notes:

The nose is quite nutty with notes of butterscotch, fresh cream and vanilla; the palate is dry and hefty, with fresh apple and cedar up front and a very crisp, tense middle with a distinctly stony austerity that firmly underpins rich crème brûlée flavours; the finish lavishes with barrel complexity, including notes of vanilla, butterscotch and toast; all in all, delicate yet demanding wine with finely interwoven flavours and an arresting clarity of fruit (11/08)

Taste Profile:

Dry (D)

Serving Suggestions:

Roasted game birds with mushroom; pork tenderloin with grain mustard; roast chicken; grilled veal chops.

Ageability:

Best approached starting in 2010, this vintage possesses the structure and weight to cellar until at least 2016.

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