Cave Spring Cellars Chardonnay 2016 Wine Review

Cave Spring Cellars Chardonnay 2016

Niagara Escarpment, Ontario VQA, Canada

Community Score:88/100

Community Reviews: 5

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Price: $15.95

Drink: 2018-2022

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 13%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: White Wine

Winery: Cave Spring

Agent: Cave Spring Cellars Ltd.

Natalie's Score: 90/100

Full-bodied and balanced cool-climate Niagara chardonnay with nicely calibrated oak and golden apple notes. Pair with roasted chicken.

Chardonnay food pairings: grilled or poached salmon with cream sauce; pan-fried shellfish; chicken pot pie; cheese casseroles; stuffed Cornish hen; lemon-roasted chicken; pork with apples.

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This Cave Spring Cellars Chardonnay 2016 was reviewed on July 5, 2018 by Natalie MacLean

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Greg Hughes rated this wine as 89/100 with the following review:

Meticulous and intentionally cool-climate in style. Juicy, balanced, and bright. Cave Spring sourced this Chard mostly from Beamsville Bench and with 15 percent from the Creek Shores area.
Soft, and pale white colour. Bone-white.
Such nice white fruit: peaches, pears, yellow apple, vanilla, coconut meat, and a touch of pie crust.
The fruit on the palate are terrific. Lots of more white fruit. More peach, nectarine, apple, and honey glaze.
There is no malo-lactic, and the cuvee was split between neutral steel and old French oak (mostly steel). Interestingly, the cuvee is only MOSTLY Chardonnay. 19 Percent of the wine is actually Chardonnay Musque; an aromatic mutation of Chardonnay. It is fruitier and somewhat tropical.
Could age for 3-5 years.
Pair it with shrimp skewers and a cobb salad.

Christian Marcoux rated this wine as 87/100 with the following review:

Cave Spring, located in Jordan, on the bench of the Niagara region, exploits an amazing winery renown for its Riesling and Chardonnay. The Chardonnay 2016 shows aromas of yellow apple, pineapple, citrus blossom, saline, butter and crème brûlée. This cool climate Chardonnay exposes freshness on the palate, with a sweet taste of tropical fruit, pineapple, meyer lemon, salt, pie crust and hazelnut. Enjoy.

1 Member would buy this wine again

David

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Cave Spring Cellars Chardonnay 2016 Wine Review

Natalie's Score: 90/100

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