Escudo Rojo - Chardonnay Gran Reserva 2024 (750ml) Vin de Pays d'Oc

Escudo Rojo - Chardonnay Gran Reserva 2024 (750ml) Vin de Pays d'OcPale yellow with glittering green highlights. The very intense, fruit forward nose reveals aromas of citrus fruit mingled with pear compote, rose petal and lemon verbena, accompanied by notes of lightly toasted nuts and hints of marzipan from time spent in oak. A solid attack leads into a mineral palate that is complex, substantial and succulent, with refreshingly crisp acidity. Citrus flavors return on the long and lingering finish.

The team harvests according to the lunar calendar

The nurses represent "The Rose of No Man's Land" an ode to nurses that help the wounded on the battlefield during WWII and represent life and death on an open and unforgiving sea

the entry begins with firm tannins and complex layers of red raspberries

and full malolactic fermentation before aging for 18 months in French oak

Big bold red fruit backed up by the firm tannins one comes to expect from Lola

dishes with oily fish

the 2023 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is bottled under screwcap and is lifted and fresh with lime

Calcium helps us in the sense that it gives this wine a brilliantly defined minerality

ripe tannins and a smoky backdrop from the wood aging

While the overall impression is upfront and in your face

Alcohol: 13%

which create an impressive opening