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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Abigailkb on 11/13/2011 & rated 90 points: This was a unique experience - fascinating, vibrant wine, but could actually even be confused for Chablis. Mandarin and grapefruit notes, with adequate underlying structure. Very old world style. (928 views) |
| By Lenn Thompson
New York Cork Report (2/2/2011)
(Shinn Estate Vineyards Chardonnay Wild Ferment North Fork of Long Island) I don't get caught up in how "natural" a wine is -- I care much more about deliciousness -- but often appreciate the complexity and mouthfeel of wild-fermented wines. This is no exception. The nose starts off with sweet cedar (no doubt from 10 months in French oak) with subtle vanilla, butter and apple blossom bringing nuance to ripe apple-pear and peach flavors. Once in the mouth, I wrote down "texturally stunning" to describe the mouthfeel, which is intense and rich but also lithe and fresh, with less oak and butter apparent on the palate. Flavors of mandarin orange, peach and pear are backed by light saline minerality and an earthy note beneath. With some time in bottle -- and I think this wine will age well for 5+ years -- that overtly oaky note on the nose should integrate. 88 points |
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| Shinn Estate Vineyards Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.New York Uncork New York! (New York Wine & Grape Foundation)
LENNDEVOURSLong Island Long Island Wine Country (Long Island Wine Council)
Three-part article on the North Fork from PA Vine Co. |
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