Winning Wine Wednesday

My choice this week: 

2008 Chardonnay Central Coast

Wild Horse 2008 Chardonnay Central Coast

Price:
$16.00  /  Bottle
$192.00  /  Case
About This Wine
The newest release of one of our most renowned wines. Boasting bright and beautiful flavors of pear, apricot and pineapple. This crisp Chardonnay is perfect from beginning to end.
Wine Profile
Vintage: 2008
Wine Type: White Wine
Varietal: Chardonnay
Appellation: Central Coast
PH: 3.45
Alcohol %: 13.9
Tasting Notes: 94% Chardonnay, 5% Roussanne, 1% Viognier Our 2008 Chardonnay is a brilliant wine with aromas of apple, pear, and pineapple with a hint of vanilla toast. Full of green apple, peach, and lemon in the mouth, it is rich, crisp, and seamless from beginning to end.
Ratings: Wine Spectator – March 2010
Rated 87 Points
“Rich, intense, and full-bodied, with spice, baked apple, melon, and creamy pear notes that are fresh, clean, and vibrant.”
Awards: San Francisco Chronicle – Silver Medal
Winemaker Notes: Grapes for this 2008 vintage came from small vineyards in Paso Robles, Santa Maria Valley, and San Benito County. The Paso Robles and San Benito regions offer warmer climate characteristics of tropical fruit and fuller mouth feel while the ocean influence in the Santa Maria Valley provides the uniqueness of citrus, pear, and apple coupled with good acidity.
Food Pairing: Enjoy this Chardonnay with aged cheeses or roasted lemon chicken.

How you were introduced? 
An all time favorite wine…. first introduced by a roomate in Colorado – Sharon.  She loved this winery and all their wines.  I am a chardonnay fan so this one stuck with me.  It is recently on sale at our favorite Liquor 44 store in Hadley so we had the opportunity to drink some last ni


And a little history to share …
Love for Wine Started …

Nothing more excellent nor more valuable than wine was ever granted mankind by God.”
Plato, 400 BC


“No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.”
Horace, 65BC


“It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).”
Pliny the Elder, 79AD


“In victory, you deserve Champagne, in defeat, you need it.”
Napoleon


“Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.”
Benjamin Franklin.

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Nancy Peck Cook is a trainer and speaker who has presented in front of large and small audiences for the past 25 years.  Her work as an executive and volunteer trainer for the American Cancer Society during the growth of the signature activity Relay For Life trained professionals to be more confident and successful in their roles. 

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