20 BEES UNOAKED

CHARDONNAY VQA

In a little shop in the Niagara Peninsula, a group of the region’s finest grape growers gathered to make plans for their own winery.

Their goal was simple: To nurture their vines, harvest their grapes, and produce great-tasting, unpretentious wines at an unpretentious price. 20 Bees is the fruit of their labour. A wonderful wine created from the soil to the glass by 19 growers and 1 chief winemaker:
              20 Bees!
 

TYPE: White Table Wine
COUNTRY: Canada
AREA: Niagara Peninsula
GRAPES: Chardonnay

ALC./VOL.: 12.2%

SUGAR: 0

SIZE: 750 ml.
LCBO #: 4705
 

RECOMMENDATION: This wine is a perfect complement to roasted poultry and pesto sauces

TASTING NOTE: : This medium gold wine has classic Chardonnay characters of green apple, peach, and bosc pears. The medium bodied palate shows lively fruit character with a crisp backbone. The wine finishes with great balance and charming fruit.

WINEMAKER'S COMMENTS: This unoaked wine was fermented and aged in stainless steel tanks to preserve the fine fruit qualities our Chardonnay had to offer in 2005. The wine did not go through any malolactic fermentation since we wanted to maintain an acidity level which would create a refreshing fruit driven wine.

BILLY'S BEST BOTTLES: Refresher/Aperitif  "Green apple tartness and refreshment. Niagara Muscadet. Have a glass or two..."

Last Updated 01/14/08

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