2010 Closson Chase Vineyard Chardonnay VQA Prince Edward County

Release date:		August 18th, 2012
Production:		305 cases
Cellaring potential:		Drinking until 2020
Alcohol content:		12.5 %
Size:		750 mL

 

Structured and intense. The fruit, slightly more ripe peach than apple, less citrus more tropical, is elevated by the dessert-like elements of extended barrel aging (17 months); buttered bread crumbs, toast, burnt sugar, cream and spice. Seamless with a sustained finish.

Reviews:

“…deep straw colour; very Burgundian on the nose – undergrowth, spicy oak, apple nuances; spicy and pure flavours of apple and melon, beautifully balanced and seamless. Great length.” 92 points

Tony Aspler, June 16, 2012

“Flavours run through wet oyster shell, lemon curd, orange peel and wildflower honey, with noted but integrated oak…The finish lingers on beautifully, with saline minerality taking the stage.” 91 points

John Szabo, Winealign.com, June 2012

“simply brilliant.  A sublimely concentrated and voluptuous white.  It offers enticing aromas of baked apples, toasted almonds, and green apples.” 92 points

Natalie Maclean, more.ca, September 2012