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Lunessence Small Lot Series Chardonnay 2019
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaTen months down the road, the Small Lot Series Chardonnay continues to impress. Its time in bottle has been well used, amping up its aromatics and expanding its texture. SLS is a first at Lunessence, coming off a single vineyard in Osoyoos and aged in French oak (33 percent new and two-thirds second fill barrels) for eight months. There is an affinity with the regular chardonnay, but this wine has more intensity and refinement. At the same time, it is aged in oak and goes through partial malolactic fermentation. It has an attractive freshness with nutty, citrus, leesy, green apple with perfectly melded oak, keeping the wine lively and complex. It is showing far more complexity at this point that perhaps was hiding under screwcap at release. Stock up if you can, while you can. The price is a bargain.Tasted: 25 October 2021Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $27.99 | 750ml | winery online/direct |
Grape: ChardonnayCSPC: 43420UPC: 793588413163
