Comments on: Sprucewood Shores Chardonnay 2008 http://www.essexwinereview.com/2010/03/sprucewood-shores-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: F Hall http://www.essexwinereview.com/2010/03/sprucewood-shores-chardonnay-2008/#comment-363 F Hall Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:14:23 +0000 http://www.essexwinereview.com/?p=1112#comment-363 Very nice wine. We bought several bottles. Very nice wine. We bought several bottles.

]]> By: Gary Killops http://www.essexwinereview.com/2010/03/sprucewood-shores-chardonnay-2008/#comment-362 Gary Killops Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:11:04 +0000 http://www.essexwinereview.com/?p=1112#comment-362 This wine is not quite as it seems, but for all the right reasons. The winemaker's notes describe this as an unoaked chardonnay. Pour some into a glass and note the hints of oak. Yes, oak can be tasted too. This is the winemaker's craft. Taking a good chardonnay, adding a little bit of their oaked chardonnay (4% I am told) with an end result that is sure to please all chardonnay wine drinkers. Chardonnays can be a bit boring, the winemaker has found a way to make this one more interesting. The nose offers a nice hint of lemony citrus up front along with that hint of oak. Taste: nice crisp acidity and cirus on the attack followed shortly afterward by the hint of oak. Interesting mineral notes near the finish, I don't find this a lot in Lake Erie North Shore wines so it is a real treat. The wine has a nice medium bodied mouthfeel. Offers a lot for the price! This wine is not quite as it seems, but for all the right reasons.

The winemaker’s notes describe this as an unoaked chardonnay. Pour some into a glass and note the hints of oak. Yes, oak can be tasted too.

This is the winemaker’s craft. Taking a good chardonnay, adding a little bit of their oaked chardonnay (4% I am told) with an end result that is sure to please all chardonnay wine drinkers. Chardonnays can be a bit boring, the winemaker has found a way to make this one more interesting.

The nose offers a nice hint of lemony citrus up front along with that hint of oak.

Taste: nice crisp acidity and cirus on the attack followed shortly afterward by the hint of oak. Interesting mineral notes near the finish, I don’t find this a lot in Lake Erie North Shore wines so it is a real treat. The wine has a nice medium bodied mouthfeel.

Offers a lot for the price!

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