Flat Rock Cellars, 2007 Estate Chardonnay
You’ve probably tried dozens of different chardonnays in your lifetime, possibly without you even knowing. It’s likely that when you’ve ordered the ‘white wine’ or ‘house wine’ the grape variety was chardonnay and it was most likely oaked. I’ll bet they were all easy drinking, a bit of sweetness, kinda ‘clunky’ or heavy in the month, generally non-descript. Sure this is a stereotype, but a remarkably accurate one whether your chard was from California, Australia, Italy, Argentina. It’s the most popular white wine grape variety and it’s ubiquitous to every wine region the world over, including Ontario. But of course we’re different, it’s true, we are one of the few places in the world that really has a shot at doing something extra-ordinary with this grape variety. We still have much to learn about our regions ‘terroir’ and our vines will get even better with age, but our winemakers have already managed some pretty special stuff.
So, let’s break the boring old chardonnay stereotype and show you something lively and exciting with lots of character from a top Ontario wine producer Flat Rock Cellars.