Grape - Chardonnay
Alc - 13.5%
Price - £25.99 (currently £20.99)
From - waitrosecellar.com
Appearance - Clean, medium intensity, lemon.
Nose - Clean; medium+ intensity; developed; lime; herbs and spice, maybe gooseberry?
Palate - dry, medium to medium+ acid; medium+ body; medium intensity. Apples, limes, mineral, medium+ length. Silky.
Quality - very good, higher price.
Ready to drink, but can improve.
Balance - 8 Length - 8 Intensity - 6 Complexity - 7
This is an interesting wine. It is quite high priced but there are subtle characteristics that mean you get a feeling for it being higher quality.
There is a silky-smooth mouth-feel, a good bit of length, and nice minerality (if you like that, not everyone does). The citrus flavour is the most full-on, so it's important to savour it to consider the other aspects.
A really agreeable point is the fact that the balance is very good, and the experience of drinking it got better and better as the bottle went down, backing up the comments that I made previously about the considered importance of balance.
With a wine with subtle complexity like this, it is important to allow the temperature to raise a little from chilled to lightly chilled, as a very cold serving temperature can inhibit flavour.
I did enjoy this wine very much, but it is expensive.
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