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Chardonnay is a thousand year old small Chardonnay is a vigorous, heavy cropping
village in Mâconnais in the southern variety with medium sized bunches.
portion of France's burgundy region. The Bunches have tightly packed berries
famous wine Chardonnay most likely forming a single cluster not like loosely
originated here and was then spread spaced Shiraz bunches. A ripe Chardonnay
throughout France by the monks. The berry is gold yellow in colour with
earliest recorded reference to Chardonnay plenty of juice. Berries are small,
occurs in 1330 when Cistercian monks fragile, thin-skinned and require care
built stonewalls around their 'Clos de during harvest to avoid oxidization.
Vougeot' vineyard exclusively planted to Chardonnay is very sensitive to
Chardonnay grapes. There is another winemaking practices. Cool climate
hypothesis that points towards Lebanon Chardonnay produces an abundance of fruit
when it comes to the origins of flavours. The warmer climate Chardonnays
Chardonnay, but with no written may have less of the fruits but develop
references. Another direction points to wonderful honey, butterscotch, buttery
an Austrian vine very similar to and nutty oily flavours that really fill
Chardonnay, called Morillon. The name the mouth. The trend of fermenting
Morillon has been used during the middle Chardonnay in oak barrels and then
Ages in the region of Burgundy and was an storing it in new oak can kill the fruit
old name for Chardonnay in the region of characters. You know there's too much oak
Chablis. when all you get is vanilla and cinnamon
Murray Tyrrell from Australia changed the and no fresh fruit.
course of history for Chardonnay by The new worldwide winemakers have
bringing the HVD vineyard in 1982. increased the freshness and acidity by
Chardonnay is the most widely planted sourcing grapes from cooler climates such
variety in Australia and also in NZ. as Marlborough (New Zealand), Russian
There is more Chardonnay than Cabernet River (California), Yarra Valley and
Sauvignon or Shiraz. Mornington Peninsula (Australia),
Lately Chardonnay has become a common Constantia and Walker Bay (South Africa),
girls name and has had a terrible press Casablanca and Leyda (Chile), and Agrelo
starting with the ABC (Anything But and the Uco Valley (Argentina). This
Chardonnay) movement. Critics are making doesn't mean that Burgundy is forgotten.
case of Riesling and other people are Whites from Chablis, the Côte
finding Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc or Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais are very
Viognier worth drinking. But Chardonnay good value.
consistently makes better wines in a Chardonnay is back on top and as Tim
wider range of climates than any other Atkin, in an Observer's article advises
white variety. It is also responsible for "He had more exciting Chardonnays in the
the majority of the world's finest past 12 months than in the previous 12
whites. years.






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