Chardonnay Flashcards
Chardonnay
Unwooded to heavilly wooded. Affinity with oak. medium acid High alcohol.
OW Chardonnay Appearance
Pale yellow-green. Young Chablis is almost colourless (unless oaked)
NW Chardonnay Appearance
Pale yellow-green to straw-gold.
OW Chardonnay Aroma
Ripe pear, soft apple (golden delicious). Chablis and Pouilly-Fuissé; mineral, flinty, chalky.
NW Chardonnay Aroma
Fruit salad, lemon, citrus, orange, tangerine, peach, melon, pineapple,buttery, oily. If wooded; smokey, vanilla.
OW Chardonnay Palate
As the nose. Delicate, soft, refreshing, complex, subtle, lthe, elegant. Burgundy; Richer and fuller-bodied.
NW Chardonnay Palate
Follows through from the nose. Juicy, fruity, more alcohol than OW which shows as weight. . Touch of sweetness from the alcohol. Charred wood.