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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2020 (based on 6 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Sijan on 5/30/2020 & rated 93 points: Fantasic rich Burgundian chard with lemon & olive, buttered popcorn & yeasty cake batter on the very rich nose. On th epalate, olive, lemon curd, nice salinity & minerality. Finish is lemon buttery & yeasty, velvety. Viscous/oily medium to full bodied white w/ almost velvety body. Medium plus acidity. This is excellent! (257 views) | | | Tasted by Gianni13 on 6/16/2016 & rated 90 points: Typically strong Shaps Chardonnay. Drinking well right now (683 views) |
| Michael Shaps Producer website
Known for his innovation and winemaking expertise, Michael Shaps has established himself at the forefront of the modern Virginia wine industry. Producing wines under the Michael Shaps label and for several prestigious wineries throughout the state--one winning the Governor's Cup in 2017--his accolades and national recognition are beyond compare.
Unlike his peers, he also owns and manages a successful winery in Burgundy, France, where he studied and trained to be a winemaker in the early '90s. These wines, under the Maison Shaps label, are produced and bottled at Michael's winery in Meursault, and imported to the United States.Chardonnay 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.Virginia Virginia Wines (Virginia Wineries Association)Central VirginiaMonticello is the proper sub region in Virginia for King Family Vineyards, not Central Region.MonticelloArticle from Appelation America https://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Monticello.html) information on wineries and grape types https://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine/data/Monticello.html) |
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