Jim Olsen
"Mute" Lodi Chardonnay
Lodi, Central Valley, California, USA
A different take on Chardonnay, this white wine has "arrested fermentation" which gives it slightly lower alcohol - 12.5% - and a bit more residual sugar, but not so much as to relegate it to the dessert wine ghetto. The sugar level is around that if a Riesling or Gewürztraminer. The oak is low or absent, and it has not undergone a secondary malolactic fermentation. It stood up nicely to Cajun blackened tilapia with long beans, roasted potatoes, and red bell peppers.
A different take on Chardonnay, this white wine has "arrested fermentation" which gives it slightly lower alcohol - 12.5% - and a bit more residual sugar, but not so much as to relegate it to the dessert wine ghetto. The sugar level is around that if a Riesling or Gewürztraminer. The oak is low or absent, and it has not undergone a secondary malolactic fermentation. It stood up nicely to Cajun blackened tilapia with long beans, roasted potatoes, and red bell peppers.
May 10th, 2016