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Laventa Chardonnay Grand Selection 2007

Лавента Шардоне Гранд Селекшън 2007

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Producer:
Laventa
Country:
Bulgaria (България) 
Vintage:
2007
Variety:
Chardonnay (Шардоне)
Added by demiro
18 Jul 2008
Winemaker's notes:
A limited selection of the finest barrels of the vintage, this wine is produced from selected grapes harvested from vineyard of the village of Venchan near Provadiya and village of Troitsa, near Shumen. It is a wine possessing an intensive aroma dominated by pine-apple, dried apricot, vanilla, and truffles. The palate is well-balanced, smooth and rounded, of warm character. A very long and memorable finish with notes of roasted nuts in the aftertaste.

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How to drink it
Food: Artichokes, Chicken, Cold Meats, Crab, Lobster, Nuts, Olives, Other White Fish, Oysters (Raw), Pasta with Cream Sauce, Pasta with Shellfish, Quiche, Red Snapper, Scallops, Shrimp, Striped Bass, Tuna, Turkey, Veal
Cheese: Gruyere, Mild Cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Provolone
Temperature: 12 °C
Bubble and sparkles
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Bubbles in wine were known to vintners long before they could reliably capture and preserve this phenomenon in the bottle. As a natural byproduct of the fermentation process, carbon dioxide is released in the liquid to provide a "sparkle." In the Northern climates, cold weather sometimes arrives ...
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1solaris
23 Mar 2009
 
2edoardo
27 Jun 2009