Bachelder Willms Chardonnay 1983 Plantation Old Vines I Vielles Vignes 2018
Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaBachelder loves this vintage, suggesting it has the "precision that we didn't see after other equally warm summers." It is also the first chardonnay he has made from Niagara-on-the Lake, giving into a magic vineyard of old vines planted in 1983. The style is rich and honeyed for Bachelder, but the citrus core and minerality make it a quality chardonnay. No new oak is used, with all three cuvées sporting one to four year French oak, which mostly hails from Damy in Meursault. The site sits 6 km from Lake Ontario and about four kilometres from the Niagara River. Its silt, loamy clay, gravel, limestone, and sand soils are the perfect medium to grow chardonnay with elegance. Drink or hold through 2023 for best results. It would be a fine match with a savoury roasted chickenTasted: 22 May 2021Tasted by: Prices:
ON
$44.95
750ml
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Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: ChardonnayUPC: 185729000729
Bachelder Willms Chardonnay 1983 Plantation Old Vines I Vielles Vignes 2018
Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaThomas Bachelder is one of Canada's leading chardonnay and pinot noir specialists, honed through time in Bourgogne and Oregon, as well as years in the vineyards of his Niagara home base. As the label notes, this is from old vines (planted in 1983) in the Willms Vineyard, 6km from Lake Ontario, and 4km from the Niagara River, with a soil combo of silt, loamy-clay, limestone, gravels, and sand. Thomas selects the eastern side of the vineyard for this wine. After a native ferment, this rested in French oak (none new) for around 16 months, sans bâtonnage. Bright and focused, with lemon pith, broken stone, riding a shimmery limestone base to a lingering herbal, saline finish. There is a beautiful light touch here, yet great complexity within. This is drinking beautifully now, and with years to come.Tasted: 14 July 2021Tasted by: Prices:
ON
$44.95
750ml
winery online/direct
Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: ChardonnayUPC: 185729000729
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