Vinum Cellars Chardonnay

Tasting notes & discussion 13

Typically $20/bottle from Vinum Cellars
Vintage 2019 from Monterey
Available for AZ; CA; CO; FL; GA; ID; IL; KS; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; NE; NH; NM; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WY
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About Vinum Cellars
“Vinum Cellars was founded in 1997 by first generation, California family winemakers Richard Bruno and Chris Condos in the Napa Valley financing their dream on credit cards. Their focus was then, and remains searching California’s coastal vineyards and special microclimates in search of the best vineyards grown by the state’s best growers. The long-term partners consider their humble roots in the development of products and mandate that each wine offer considerable high quality-to-price ratio.”

Veni Vinum Vici

TASTING NOTES:
“…a shiny golden tone and expresses beautiful lemon verbena and tangerine zest top notes followed by rich Tahitian vanilla and creamy custard notes.

On the palate the wine explodes with generous tropical flavors from mango to passionfruit and then wrapped up in creamy custard flavors. The acidity shines through the creamy texture and demonstrating the optimal acidity that cool climate Monterey grapes possess. The finish is long with silky vanillin, clove, guava and papaya and finishes with baked banana custard flavors. The finish is long with silky elegance and lingering acidity.” (AbV 13.73%, pH 3.59, TA 6.01 g/L)

BARRELS:
9 months in French oak.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
“Veni, vidi, vici.” Words attributed to Julius Caesar, literally translating to “I came, I saw, I conquered.” There’s not much else to say about it. However, it is an example of an isocolon. An isocolon is whenever you have a set of words/phrases that, in sequence, have the same number of words or syllables, creating symmetry. And then depending on how many, it can be a bicolon, tricolon, or tetracolon. “Veni, vidi, vici,” is naturally an example of a tricolon.

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
“…Lobster tail and drawn butter and a petite filet (if you must) with tarragon compound butter. It goes well with most every fish or seafood. My favorite is with line caught Sea Bass steamed in green tea leaf and served with a salty soy broth with sautéed wild mushrooms. Finally, this wine makes a crowd pleasing aperitif wine for guests at the start of a party.”

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
Isocolon alcohol.

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