d'Arenberg Other Side Chardonnay 1996

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d'Arenberg Other Side Chardonnay 1996 Front Label
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Region

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Vintage
1996

Size
750ML

Features
Green Wine

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In its youth d'Arenberg's The Other Side Chardonnay has a brilliant mid straw to gold colour with lifted melon dominated aromas, as well as enveloping cashew, elegant butterscotch and creamy biscuit aromas mingling with intense juicy primary fruit smells, especially rockmelon, poached pear and pineapples. These also dominate the young palate where vanillin oak and yeast autolysis give clotted cream and banana flavours before a shot of limey acidity carrying the rich, long rolling and tangy finish.

After some bottle ageing d'Arenberg's The Other Side Chardonnay should develop in colour to a richer bright gold. The aroma should also develop in complexity to become dominated by roasted chestnuts, malt, sweet fruit pie and ripe banana smells, but all still supported by other fruit derived smells as well as smoky bacon, honey, light treacle almond-essence and stewed peach characters on the nose and palate. In the mouth, an older Other Side Chardonnay will maintain a big rich butterscotch and fresher fruit based flavour but also be distinguished with a fine edge of acidity as well as a rolling, lengthy penetrating finish for quite some considerable time.

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d'Arenberg is one of the undisputed kings of Australian Shiraz and other Rhone varieties that have historically defined the region. A century on, their vineyards have grown to some 450 acres in McLaren Vale, including Shiraz dating back to d'Arenberg's first plantings in 1912, and nearly one-third of McLaren Vale's old bush-vine Grenache. Fourth generation winemaker, Chester Osborn, recently converted all of the family's vineyards to organics and biodynamics and moved to solar energy in the winery. All the while, in terms of winemaking, not much has changed--all the wines are basket-pressed, the reds foot-trodden during fermentation; everything is done in small batches, leading to an impressive array of bottlings every year, each showing a different facet of McLaren Vale terroir. Having been inducted into Wine & Spirits Magazine's Hall of Fame for earning a place on its Top 100 Wineries nine times, this accolade is a reflection of d'Arenberg's revered reputation worldwide.

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One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.

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Known for opulent red wines with intense power and concentration, McLaren Vale is home to perhaps the most “classic” style of Australian Shiraz. Vinified on its own or in Rhône Blends, these hot-climate wines are deeply colored and high in extract with signature hints of dark chocolate and licorice. Cabernet Sauvignon is also produced in a similar style.

Whites, often made from Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc tend to be opulent and full of tropical, stone and citrus fruit.

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