2014 JCR CHARDONNAY

VQA PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

ESTATE GROWN AND BOTTLED

Vintage              2014

Alc./vol.             13%

Available           Winery Retail, Online

Awards

SILVER, WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada             

Vineyards

100% sourced from our Estate North Block, planted 2001 and 2002.

Critical Acclaim

“Herbs, ripe apples and lemons here with a lovely acid core. Tangy with some subtle herby characters as well as a bit of pithy character. Lovely weight and focus to this wine, which finishes with nuts and lemons.” Score 92/100 Jamie Goode UK wine journalist wineanorak.com

“Although Prince Edward County doesn’t produce a lot of wine, it spins out some very exciting wines such as this polished, barrel-aged Chardonnay. Aromas of green apples, pralines and cream lead to a bright, cool, crisp attack that tastes taut and nutty, elegant and sleek, and more tense and restrained than gregarious and flashy. Flavours of baked apples, mixed citrus, cool steel, warm flint, and buttered toast taper to a long, refined finish. Stylish and serious offering.” Score 91 Carolyn Evans Hammond, Toronto Star

“This refined, estate grown chardonnay shows the lightness and crispness of the 2014 vintage, but it is so nicely balanced and subtley complex. Fine French oak vanillin and cedary spice works nicely with green apple, citrus and stony aromatics. It's light to medium bodied, very even and fresh with dry, linear mineral and green apple finish. The length is very good to excellent.”

Score 90 David Lawrason, WineAlign.com