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SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CHARDONNAY 2015 VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer HENRY OF PELHAM
Forward light yellow colour. Intense, bright, lemon-key-lime-pie nose with some faintly resiny, cedar notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, quite well structured, harmonious, mouthfilling, complex, slightly spicy, ripe lemon meringue flavours with a fairly high acid finish . Has 13.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. Not quite up to the recommended best buy 2014 (***) released on April 1, 2017 at $29.95 with 92-points TONY ASPLER / 88.5-points - Spicy, oaky, toasty nose with a barnyard note; medium to full-bodied, dry, spicy, peachy-melon flavour with citrus acidity and well-integrated oak; rich mouth-feel. CSPC 616466
Type White Table Wine
Agent Hen Pel
Country Canada
Region Ontario
Rating **+(89 points)
Complex, Lemon Meringue
LCBO Text Status
TASTING NOTE: A voluptuous, luxuriously layered Niagara Chardonnay with aromas of golden apple and freshly baked bread. Pair with seafood in a cream sauce. Score - 92 (Natalie MacLean, nataliemaclean.com, April 24, 2017) Price $ 29.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - September 16, 2017
Cases bought 60 (12 bottles per case)

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