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CheckMate Artisanal Winery Little Pawn Chardonnay Barn Vineyard 2013
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaLabel three, the 2013 Little Pawn Chardonnay, comes from the Barn Vineyard, planted in 1999 and situated on Oliver's west-facing Black Sage Bench. It's a solitary micro‐terroir of fine‐grained sands with a deficient capacity to hold moisture. The yields are low, the clusters small, but the fruit beautiful. Little Pawn is a very feminine version of chardonnay with tightly wound floral notes and a lot of minerality. The fruit is a green apple with perfectly supporting oak. The wine spends 18 months in French barrels, of which 57 percent are new. Elegance and restraint is the watchword. The site trumps the clones here. It's only been in the bottle for a couple of months, so I expect even more fr0m this label as it acquires some bottle age. Perfect for delicate fish dishes.ch barrels of which 57 percent are new. Elegance and restraint is the watchword. Again, the site trumps the clones here. It's only been in the bottle for a couple of months, so I expect even more fr0m this label as it acquires some bottle age. Perfect for delicate fish dishes.Tasted: 19 October 2015Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $110.00 | 750ml | winery club members |
Grape: ChardonnayCSPC: 81588UPC: 776545800107
