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| SAUNDERS VINEYARD CHARDONNAY 2013 VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
BACHELDER |
| Bright medium straw colour. Gently spicy, faintly honeyed, ripe lemon puree nose with some slight cedar, mineral-tinged notes. Dry, medium bodied, harmonious, very slightly spicy, ripe lemon-apple flavours with an attractive, lingering, faintly cedary, fairly high acid finish. Quite ready-to-drink. Has 13% alcohol and 4 g/L residual sugar. In my opinion, perhaps not quite as attractive as the recommended ready-to-drink 2012 (***) with 91-points released on November 14, 2015 at $44.95. |
CSPC |
324103 |
| Type |
White Table Wine |
| Agent |
Sch Age |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***(90 points)
Dry, Bright, Youthful |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection! |
| TASTING NOTE: 2013 is the finest chardonnay yet from the Saunders vineyard within Thomas Bachelder's range, in my view, reaching another level of depth and sophistication ... The nose offers a broad amalgam of citrus and fresh orchard fruit, cashew and delicate barrel spice - there's little (new) wood influence here save for the lightly oxidative nature of the wine. The palate delivers an additional wash of acidulated fruit, showing surprising tension and taughtness despite evident ripeness and concentration, and the finish has excellent length. This is succulent and savoury, classy chardonnay with exceptional complexity overall. Although showing well now (with air), this will surely continue to improve over the next 2-4 years, and hold comfortably into the '20s. Score - 94 (John Szabo, MS, winealign.com, June 19, 2016) |
Price |
$ 44.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 14, 2017 |
| Cases bought |
71 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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