McCall Wines
North Fork Unoaked Chardonnay
North Fork, Long Island, New York, USA
I just like the hell out of this wine. So many of these unoaked chards are shrill, picked too early, made with fruit that required to coverage of oak and manipulation so that they are either unbalanced or perfectly fine but just not interesting. And the truth is all you want in one of these is just A LITTLE interesting at a porch pounding price point
This wine absolutely delivers in spades on those dimensions. $18. From very old vines by north fork standards (30 years) with 3 years of age. This one also undergoes MLF, which many of the genre choose not to with shrill, austere and/or one dimensional results.
A smile-enduring nose of summer - peaches in the market with their scent activated by the sun, white flowers and citrus flowers, Juicy citrus fruits like clementine. Some nice body and texture, juicy without being overly fruity - more on the fresh squeezed juice side of things, and with solid med to med + acidity that refreshes the palate. String finish emohasizing fuzzy yellow peach. Certainly very giving, easy breezy, but fresh and transparent, never opulent or cloying. A go to summer drink.
I just like the hell out of this wine. So many of these unoaked chards are shrill, picked too early, made with fruit that required to coverage of oak and manipulation so that they are either unbalanced or perfectly fine but just not interesting. And the truth is all you want in one of these is just A LITTLE interesting at a porch pounding price point
This wine absolutely delivers in spades on those dimensions. $18. From very old vines by north fork standards (30 years) with 3 years of age. This one also undergoes MLF, which many of the genre choose not to with shrill, austere and/or one dimensional results.
A smile-enduring nose of summer - peaches in the market with their scent activated by the sun, white flowers and citrus flowers, Juicy citrus fruits like clementine. Some nice body and texture, juicy without being overly fruity - more on the fresh squeezed juice side of things, and with solid med to med + acidity that refreshes the palate. String finish emohasizing fuzzy yellow peach. Certainly very giving, easy breezy, but fresh and transparent, never opulent or cloying. A go to summer drink.