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| BÉTON CHARDONNAY 2024 VQA West Niagara, Niagara Escarpment, Ontario |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
HIDDEN BENCH |
| Bright light straw colour. Intense, complex, mineral-tinged, llemon-apple meringue nose with some buttered toast notes which is attributable to 10 months lees-aging in concrete fermenters (no barrel aging). Dry, medium plus bodied, lemon-apple meringue flavours with a bright, slightly toasty, lingering, delicious lightly-saline-savoury finish. Tastes like a top Chablis, it would pair well with seafood, poultry, white meats and vegetarian dishes. It has 13.5% alcohol with under 2 g/L residual sugar and 6.3 g/L total acidity. Recently bottled on April 6, 2026, it will even taste better in 12-18 months as it recovers from bottling shock. Screwcao closure. |
CSPC |
45618 |
| Type |
White Table Wine |
| Agent |
Mar Ant |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***(92 points)
Ripe, Complex, Well Textured |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: Made from 100% estate fruit organically grown on the Beamsville Bench. Fruit is whole-bunch pressed before fermentation in concrete using ambient yeast, after which the wine is aged 10 months in concrete and an additional eight in stainless steel before bottling. Expansive and textured, it evokes lemon oil, crunchy yellow apple, oyster shell and sea salt and features a long, luxurious finish. Pair with crab cakes with citrus aioli. |
Price |
$ 29.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - July 4, 2026 |
| Cases bought |
98 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score: - NOT PRESENTED * Very Basic *+ OK
** Good **/**+ Very Good **+ Excellent *** Outstanding ***+ Superb
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