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First Cape First Selection Chardonnay 2008

Фърст Кейп Фърст Селекшън Шардоне 2008
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Producer:
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First Cape (Фърст Кейп)
Country:
South Africa (Южна Африка) 
Additional Location Info:
Western Cape
Vintage:
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2008
Variety:
Chardonnay (Шардоне)
€ 10.23  
Added by demiro
13 May 2009

Winemaker's notes:
This Chardonnay has great warm climate rich fruit with sophisticated but subtle oak. Rich but also vibrant this wine is made with the "Best of the Best" from the FirstCape growers.

This wine is best drunk young, so no need to shelve it for too long.

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How to drink it
Food: Artichokes, Chicken, Cold Meats, Crab, Lobster, Nuts, Olives, Other White Fish, Oysters (Raw), Pasta with Cream Sauce, Pasta with Shellfish, Quiche, Red Snapper, Scallops, Shrimp, Striped Bass, Tuna, Turkey, Veal
Cheese: Gruyere, Mild Cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Provolone
Temperature: 12 °C
Wine aging
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The use of wine barrels (especially oak barrels) to store and age wine is a centuries old tradition (and solution). Wine aged in oak barrels is enhanced with the addition of vanilla and oak overtones. Wooden Wine Barrels also allow for a small amount of evaporation of the contents during the aging ...
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