Chardonnay

Question 1

Chardonnay

Answer 1

Unwooded to heavilly wooded. Affinity with oak. medium acid High alcohol.

Question 2

OW Chardonnay Appearance

Answer 2

Pale yellow-green. Young Chablis is almost colourless (unless oaked)

Question 3

NW Chardonnay Appearance

Answer 3

Pale yellow-green to straw-gold.

Question 4

OW Chardonnay Aroma

Answer 4

Ripe pear, soft apple (golden delicious). Chablis and Pouilly-Fuissé; mineral, flinty, chalky.

Question 5

NW Chardonnay Aroma

Answer 5

Fruit salad, lemon, citrus, orange, tangerine, peach, melon, pineapple,buttery, oily. If wooded; smokey, vanilla.

Question 6

OW Chardonnay Palate

Answer 6

As the nose. Delicate, soft, refreshing, complex, subtle, lthe, elegant. Burgundy; Richer and fuller-bodied.

Question 7

NW Chardonnay Palate

Answer 7

Follows through from the nose. Juicy, fruity, more alcohol than OW which shows as weight. . Touch of sweetness from the alcohol. Charred wood.