Description
Looking for a buttery California Chardonnay? This is not it.
In Friuli, we make Chardonnay wines that are entirely unoaked, bringing to bear a completely different taste, like nothing you have ever experienced.
This wine from di Lenardo, a family that has been making wine since 1878, is the only one in Friuli to use only vines of the “Musque” clone, meaning that this wine is highly aromatic and unique in its composition. Di Lenardo is acknowledged as one of the best quality brands in the Friuli Grave area and the most technologically-advanced.
Chardonnay Unoaked (2024)
$21.00
Details
Typology: White wine
Production area: Friuli Grave
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay “Musque” clone
Harvesting: By hand
Fermentation and refinery: The whole berries are pressed gently in a pneumatic press. After a first racking, the must is transferred to temperature-controlled fermentation steel vats. The wine is left on the fine lees to rest before bottling. Malo-lactic fermentation. Clarification of the musts is done using a new state-of-the-art flotation bio-system, and this wine is bottled under a vacuum.
Alcohol: 12.5%
Temperature for Serving: 12°C
Tasting notes: Zero oak aging brings a refreshing, new take to Chardonnay. The philosophy of the wine maker is to place emphasis on the pure fruitiness and acidity of the grape by eliminating the masking effect caused by final maturation in oak barrels. Lively citrus fruit leads to creamy finish of ground hazelnuts. Just a peek of tropical fruit to an otherwise fresh style of Chardonnay.
Pairing Suggestions: Try it with chicken, turkey, pork loin, fish, shellfish, oysters, semi-soft cheeses, and delicate vegetables like asparagus, squash, peas, zucchini, white mushrooms, and even truffle
