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Tasting Notes
Medium plus bodied with mouth watering acidity, the wine unfolds with complex aromas and flavors of lemon, apple, peach, and melon, with an underlaying minerality and a touch of vanilla.
Body is the impression of a wines weight, density, or its ‘mouth-feel’. Some wines feel weighty, or full bodied, while others feel light bodied. Wine runs the gamut from light to full, with most falling somewhere in between.
ACIDITY
Low
Moderate
Balanced
Crisp
High
Acidity is a foundational component in wine. In fact, low acidity, or ‘flabby’ wine (as the term suggests) is a negative. You can sense acidity mainly on the sides of your tongue. Acidity generally ranges from balanced to high. Crisp acidity adds freshness, making your mouth water. Acidity is a necessary element and helps to balance other components.
SWEETNESS
Dry
Off Dry
Medium Dry
Medium Sweet
Very Sweet
Most wines are characterized as dry to off-dry, but there are some grape varietals, like Riesling, that run the gamut from dry to sweet. The tip of the tongue mainly detects sweetness, which is why it is often the primary characteristic detected. Sweetness is derived from residual sugar that did not ferment into alcohol.
ALCOHOL
13.5%
Alcohol is the by-product of fermentation. Differing grape varieties have differing potential alcohol levels, but regardless warmer areas result in riper grapes resulting in higher alcohol. Alcohol level is an objective number, but its affect on its palate impression is largely determined with how well integrated and balanced it is with other components.
Chardonnay may be the most versatile white wine grape, often seen as a blank canvas. It displays various flavors and aromas depending on where it is grown and more specifically, how it is made. It can range in Palate Character from Bright & Crisp to Rich & Full depending on the climate. It is also particularly malleable and highly affected by winemaking choices like as malolactic fermentation, lees stirring, barrel fermentation and ageing practices.
Château Fuissé dates back to 1604 and has been in the Vincent family for 5 generations. Today, Antoine Vincent runs this property in the Mâcon and has taken the winery to new heights rivaling the quality of the more famous white Burgundy vineyards of the Côte-d’Or.
Château Fuissé winemaking is characterized by detail in the vineyard and winery with an effort to showcase the site specific terroir, but they are not dogmatic. Depending on what the vintage and terroir dictates, they may take subtly different approaches in terms of both viticulture and vinification.
The grapes are handpicked when ripe and gently whole-cluster pressed with the goal of individual vineyard expression which are characterized by their concentration and minerality.
Lemon
Mineral
Vanilla
