Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaWinemaker Thomas Bachelder is effusive about the Wingfield parcel, calling it "simply incredible terroir, on a perfectly exposed, well-drained slope." It is the highest elevation and furthest from the lake of all the Bachelder parcels, and it's picked ten days to two weeks after the chardonnay sites. On the palate, this wine has it all: power, length, and transparency of terroir that gives its citrus, mineral, stony, salty flavours a complexity few chardonnays can claim. Chalk and persistence round out the finish. But, wow, this is something else. Bachelder says it is "surely destined to become a 'Grand Cru' if Canada ever classifies its vineyards and terroirs", and I couldn't agree more.Tasted: 22 May 2021Tasted by: Prices:
ON
$47.95
750ml
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Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: ChardonnayUPC: 185729000415
Twenty Mile Bench, 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. Ouest is a powerful, structural white, sourced from a site under 7km from Lake Ontario, at 160m, and from 30 year old vines on sloping, dolomitic limestone soils. After a native ferment, this rested in French oak (none new) for around 16 months, sans bâtonnage. There is ample gravitas in this chardonnay, with broken stones, lemon, honeysuckle, wild herbs laced with humming minerality through a silky, lingering finish. Intense, with a lightness of being at 13%, this is drinking beautiful now, but will certainly grow in your cellar over the next years.Tasted: 14 July 2021Tasted by: Prices:
ON
$47.95
750ml
winery online/direct
Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: ChardonnayUPC: 185729000415
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