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Leaning Post Wismer Vineyard Chardonnaytext
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Leaning Post Wismer Vineyard Chardonnay 2014

Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaOnly 95 cases were made of this, entirely from the Foxcroft Block of Twenty Mile Bench's iconic Wismer Vineyard. Whole cluster pressing, six week native ferment in barrel followed by MLF and one year in French oak (35 percent new) has resulted in a massive wine. Overwhelming reduction upon opening, with roasted almonds, giant flake salts, toasted popcorn, walnut shells on the ripe, full-bodied palate. The palate tingles with the limestone laced Wismer soils, though the potency and potential of the tense wine overrules the present at this point. Full on, structured and quite proud of it, this will mellow with time in the bottle (and is helped with decanting now).Tasted: 09 October 2017Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:
ON$35.00750mlwinery direct
Producer: Leaning Post WinesGrape: ChardonnayUPC: 628055332190