Malivoire Wine Co. Mottiar Chardonnay 2007
13.5% alc./vol. - VQA Beamsville Bench, Ontario, Canada - $29.95 at Winery
8.5 Grapes
You know when you taste a wine and you can’t get a firm grip on it because it’s closed, ironically, like a tight fist? Example C, right here. And yet, despite the primary fruit restraint, the vanilla/char bouquet is powerfully telling. Give it a few months to get humming, then drink over the next few years with coconut-curried chicken. Limited to 60 lovely cases. (JW)
Tags: Beamsville Bench, Canada, Chardonnay, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario