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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Amazing value in Chardonnay

In stock at Forsyth and online

Compare to $45 at the winery and $43 suggest retail on Wine-Spectator
2006 Clos Pegase Hommage Chardonnay 100% Mitsuko's Vineyard...$12.99
Tasting Notes:

A vibrant golden color leads to an intense nose of baked apple, pear and Meyer lemon with hints of caramel,spice and peach pie. Opulent and rich in the palate, with flavors of lemon cream, pear, butterscotch and floral notes that linger through the long finish.
Winemaking Notes:

Our Hommage Chardonnay was night harvested and delivered cold in the wee hours of the morning for immediate gentle and controlled whole cluster pressing, ensuring the highest quality grape juice possible. Juice with full solids was racked into barrels, and fermentation with natural yeast proceeded slowly in our chilly Cellar. After fermentation,the new wines were inoculated with amalolactic bacteria strain developed in Champagne which naturally deacidifies and stabilizes the wine without production of buttery flavors and aromas that can detract from our estate fruit personality. This wine was stirred frequently and aged sur lie (on yeast and grape solids)for 16 months without racking. In the summer of 2008,the wine was racked up to tank to prepare for bottling.

Label Art:

Levitation in Blue, 1942
The labelfor our 2006 vintage pays Hommage to Roberto Matta (1911‐2002). Born in Chile and known simply as Matta, he became one of the luminaries of the Surrealist movement after abandoning his architecturalstudiesin Le Corbusier’s studio. The structures and creatures depicted in his work represent the essential unity of all cosmic events

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