Fort Berens Estate Winery Chardonnay 2011

Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
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Score: Natalie's score Community Score: 4.4/5 Community Reviews: 3 Add My Review Product #: 559492 Wine Type: White Wine	Price: $17.99 Alcohol: 13.5% Drink: 2012-2014 Sweetness: Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Fort Berens Estate Winery Agent: The Delf Group

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Reviewed September 29, 2012 by Natalie MacLean

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Our Chardonnay is a fruit forward wine with aromas of pineapple, white peach and a hint of oak. Enjoy this wine with salmon, chicken or pasta.
This is our first Chardonnay produced with estate grown grapes. About 60% of the grapes came from Fort Berens Estate vineyard and the remaining from Sundial Vineyard, south of Oliver. The Chardonnay from our estate vineyard was picked on September 28th at 22.4 Brix with an extremely low yield of 1.5 tons per acre. The Chardonnay from Sundial vineyard was picked on October 10th at 21.4 Brix. About a third of the volume was fermented in new and used French barrels, while the remainder was fermented cool in stainless steel tanks. About 30% of the Chardonnay was aged in French barrels until bot-tling on June 5th 2012.

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Serve this wine between 55-60 degrees Farenheit or 12-16 degrees Celsius. Tip: If your bottle is at room temperature, put it in ice water for about 30 minutes or in the fridge for about three hours to chill it.

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