Le Clos Jordanne Le Grand Clos Niagara Chardonnay 2021

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Le Clos Jordanne Le Grand Clos Niagara Chardonnay

Region: Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Vintage: 2021

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 13%

Le Grand Clos shows impressively pure and fine fruit notes. The nose is brimming with notes of red apples, lemon with smoke and spice. On the palate, well-defined flavours of pear, citrus and cream lead to a long, complex finish.

The 'Le Grand Clos' parcel is located along the western side of the 10.45 hectare 'Le Clos Jordanne' vineyard. The vineyard was originally chosen for its limestone-rich clay soil and cool climate, 'Le Grand Clos' represents the best single parcel of Chardonnay. The vines are 20 years old, farmed sustainably and are treated according to their terroir specifics. Meticulous work is carried out in the vineyards following bud-break to ensure excellent concentration on each single cluster of grapes.

The grapes were whole bunch pressed after sorting. The juice was left to settle in tank for a couple of days before letting the tanks warm up, so that indigenous yeast from the vineyard could slowly start the fermentation. The juice was then transfered to 228L barrels to complete the fermentation. The wine was then placed in French oak barrels for between 20 to 22 months. Malolactic fermentation started naturally over winter and finished in mid spring. In order to preserve the flavour profile of each terroir, new oak component was around 20%, with the remaining barrels being between 1-4 years old. The wines were then racked out of barrel and left to settle in tank for around a month. The wine was filtered prior to bottling and then aged for six months to allow the mouthfeel and bouquet to develop.

Located in Twenty Mile Bench, a sub-region of the Niagara Peninsula, Domaine Le Clos Jordanne is one of Canada’s leading wineries. Originally established as a Franco-Canadian collaboration between the Burgundian Boisset family and Vincor (Canada's largest wine producer) in 2000, Domaine Le Clos Jordanne spearheaded the quality revolution in Niagara Peninsula still wines. In 2019, after a period of dormancy, original winemaker Thomas Bachelder returned to the winemaking helm and continues to lead the revolution, producing high-quality, minimal-intervention, single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

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