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Coolshanagh Chardonnay 2014
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaWow, loving the 2014 Coolshanagh (meaning a meeting place of friends). This delicious New World chardonnay is grown on a spectacular vineyard site that sits on a steep slope, some 7 kilometers north of Naramata on the road to Chute Lake. Owners Skip and Judy Stothert work with Okanagan Crush Pad winemaker Matt Dumayne and this vintage is another step up from the previous. In ’14 some one third was fermented in lightly toasted French puncheons; the balance in concrete eggs before it all gets eleven months on the lees. As Treve so aptly describes it has an ‘alluring reduction” that sets up a richer, fuller-bodied chardonnay than 2013, yet stuffed with refreshing crisp pear, green apple, stony, mineral lees with a rinse of dried sagebrush framed by perfect acidity. A minor quibble is the ripeness or sweetness of the fruit but you can serve it with lobster to great fanfare. We already know these wins age well so give in another two to four years in the cellar. Delicious; look for this in restaurants.Tasted: 22 November 2017Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $37.00 | 750ml | winery direct |
Renaissance Wine Merchants Ltd.
Grape: ChardonnayUPC: 626990166085
