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Trius Showcase Wild Ferment Chardonnay 2020 VQA
Silver Medal – All Canadian Wine Championships, 2022.
Varietal: Chardonnay
Alcohol/Vol: 12.8%
Size: 750ml
Cellaring Potential: 2028
Sugar Content: 2.8 g/l
VQA
This single vineyard Wild Ferment Chardonnay hails from the Watching Tree Vineyard which is located in Lincoln Lakeshore and planted in 1989. Handcrafted from the heart of Niagara, this Chardonnay is medium bodied, rich with refreshing acidity.
Round yet lively with lemon and stone fruit flavours, the wine was barrel fermented where it underwent a long and slow wild fermentation. The resulting wine is a complex dry white wine full of character that was aged in Fresh oak barriques for 10 months. Pair with roasted chicken, creamy pastas, grilled mushrooms and cheese plates.
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From a single vineyard to a single barrel, Showcase wines are the true expression of our passion for making great wine. Hand made from the best vineyard sites in Niagara, our unrushed approach to winemaking shines through in every bottle.
WINE MAKING
A lone tree stands tall along-side the vineyard, like a protector watching over the vines. The Watching Tree Vineyard was planted in 1989 with clone 95 and clone 96 Chardonnay vines on stony, pebbly soil which was once an ancient riverbed. The hand-picked Chardonnay grapes are whole-bunch pressed; the juice is cold settled in tank; then sent directly to barrel for fermentation. The wine is then aged ‘sur lie’ in 225 litre French oak barriques (20% New Oak) for 10 months. No malolactic fermentation.
FLAVOUR PROFILE
Clear and bright with a straw yellow hue and a bouquet of red apple, grilled pineapple, toasty oak and lemon. This Chardonnay is medium-bodied, slightly rich, with refreshing acidity. Flavours of ripe stone fruits and lemon develop on the palate, and fresh clean notes of pineapple and lemon, mixed with delicate spice and oak, linger on the finish.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve lightly chilled at 15 to 17ºC.
Serve with smoked chicken risotto; wild mushroom rice stuffing and your holiday turkey; cream sauces on pasta tossed with shrimp or scallops; roast lemon chicken; grilled fillets of firm fish on cedar plank; puff pastry-wrapped salmon or chicken; creamy potato dishes; turkey pot pies; truffled brie; apple-wood smoked cheddar. Enjoy now through 2024.
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