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ESTATE CHARDONNAY 2016 Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment |
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
CAVE SPRING |
Bright medium straw colour. Fairly intense, slightly cedary, spicy, faintly honeyed, ripe melon-apple-lemon nose with some mineral notes. Dry, medium bodied, harmonious, slightly spicy, fairly tangy, ripe apple-lemon-melon purée flavours with a lingering, gently toasty finish. Ready-to-drink. The first bottle presented had some cork taint (TCA) notes. This REPEAT has 13.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. TONY ASPLER / 88.5-points / BUY - Slightly reductive nose of apple and oak spice; medium-boded, dry, apple and pineapple flavors with well-integrated oak and balancing acidity. The recommended 2016 (**/**+) was released on June 23, 2018 at $18.95. |
CSPC |
256552 |
Type |
White Table Wine |
Agent |
Cav Spr |
Country |
Canada |
Region |
Ontario |
Rating |
**/**+(88.5 points) Dry, Smooth, Ripe |
LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
TASTING NOTE: This is a quite fine, elegant lighter style of chardonnay with well meshed apple, spice and citrus front and centre, and oak well in the background - a style Ontario can do well, and should do more often. It is very well balanced and well fruited with a hint of sweetness upfront but a dry clean finish. Very good length. Score - 89 (David Lawrason, winealign.com, June 14, 2018) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
Bottle Size |
750 mL |
Tasting Date |
vintages release - November 24, 2018 |
Cases bought |
327 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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