Hogue Cellars Chardonnay

The wine: during the grape growing season eastern washington boasts warm summer days followed by cool nights ensuring that grapes ripen fully while retaining ample natural acidity. The 2015 chardonnay reveals juicy apple and pear on the nose with lemon meringue pie creamy vanilla oak and toast. A rich well-balanced palate follows with flavors of fresh apple pie lemon curd and cream. Pair this fruit-driven food-friendly wine with salmon-stuffed crab cakes grilled lemon chicken and fettuccini alfredo. The vintage and vineyards: 2015 was the earliest and warmest growing season in recent memory. The grapevines budded and began ripening very early which led to a very early harvest of fruit with low acidity and very good flavor development. Hogue chardonnay is always a consistent blend harvested from a number of premier vineyards and the 2015 blend included fruit from hogue ranch (35%) wyckoff (24%) flying m (10%) and other columbia valley vineyards. Grapes grown in the coo