Nickel & Nickel Truchard Vineyard Chardonnay 2020
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Inviting citrus blossom and melon aromas entice the nose and open onto a palate filled with full flavors of pear, melon, and green apple. Creamy and silky on the palate, subtle toasted oak frames the wine while vibrant acidity lifts and carries the fruit into a finish that is mouthwatering and long.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Nickel & Nickel Truchard Vineyard Chardonnay is lovely and intricate. TASTING NOTES: This wine excels with aromas and flavors of savory spices, dried apples, sandalwood, and oak. Enjoy its great palate presence with Dungeness crab in a decadent cream sauce. (Tasted: September 11, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
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This cooler pocket of California lends itself to growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah. Carneros is an important source of sparkling wines made in the style of Champagne as well.