Comments on: Aleksander Estate Chardonnay 2008 http://www.essexwinereview.com/2009/05/aleksander-estate-chardonnay-2008/ Reviewing 399 Wines From Lake Erie North Shore & Pelee Island Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Derek R http://www.essexwinereview.com/2009/05/aleksander-estate-chardonnay-2008/#comment-398 Derek R Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:06:28 +0000 http://www.essexwinereview.com/?p=726#comment-398 Listen....this is simply the best Chardonnay that you can buy at any price. One of my all time favs. Aleksander Estates is a treasure. Listen….this is simply the best Chardonnay that you can buy at any price. One of my all time favs. Aleksander Estates is a treasure.

]]> By: Gary Killops http://www.essexwinereview.com/2009/05/aleksander-estate-chardonnay-2008/#comment-213 Gary Killops Mon, 18 May 2009 20:03:28 +0000 http://www.essexwinereview.com/?p=726#comment-213 I used Aleksander Estates 2007 Chardonnay as my benchmark to judge all other local Chardonnays by. It was the best local chardonnay and I believe it still is. The 2008 Chardonnay is very good and it wasn't going to be an easy task topping last years excellent chardonnay, and unfortunately it didn't. However ... it is still a very good wine. It is new in the bottle and may still be suffering from a little bit of bottle shock so I promise to revisit this wine later in the summer with an update. If you were not to compare the 2008 chardonnay with the 2007 I think you would be very pleased with this one. In fairness, Aleksander's 2007 Chardonnay set the bar very high and it wasn't going to be easy to achieve again. This wine has a wonderful bouquet. Flowery and fruiting and some hints of melon. Also some very nice wine tears which is a good sign. Same citrus and melons notes as last year but lacks that same full-bodied mouthfeel of the 2007. Very nice citrus finish that last for quite some time. Priced at just under $13 this wine is an excellent value. This is a very good chardonnay that I am sure will get even better this sumer. Pick this one up when you veisit Aleksander's Estate Winery. I used Aleksander Estates 2007 Chardonnay as my benchmark to judge all other local Chardonnays by. It was the best local chardonnay and I believe it still is.

The 2008 Chardonnay is very good and it wasn’t going to be an easy task topping last years excellent chardonnay, and unfortunately it didn’t.

However … it is still a very good wine. It is new in the bottle and may still be suffering from a little bit of bottle shock so I promise to revisit this wine later in the summer with an update.

If you were not to compare the 2008 chardonnay with the 2007 I think you would be very pleased with this one. In fairness, Aleksander’s 2007 Chardonnay set the bar very high and it wasn’t going to be easy to achieve again.

This wine has a wonderful bouquet. Flowery and fruiting and some hints of melon. Also some very nice wine tears which is a good sign.

Same citrus and melons notes as last year but lacks that same full-bodied mouthfeel of the 2007. Very nice citrus finish that last for quite some time.

Priced at just under $13 this wine is an excellent value. This is a very good chardonnay that I am sure will get even better this sumer. Pick this one up when you veisit Aleksander’s Estate Winery.

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