Bob Cabral Wines, Cuvee Anne Rose Chardonnay

Bob Cabral Wines, Cuvee Anne Rose ChardonnayThe 2016 Chardonnay Cuve Anne Rose has nuanced aromas of apricot, beeswax, lemon verbena, lime peel and meringue with integrated flinty tones. The medium bodied palate boasts an excellent balance of linear acidity and powerful, honeyed fruit, with a very long, nuanced finish. It has the layers, energy and satiny texture to develop gracefully in bottle over the next decade.

The wood treatment isn’t shy

This is gorgeous

Perfumed aromas of cherry

There is also a touch of wood that does not affect the transparency of the very rich

The wood initially lends a dill and sawdust quality to the cherry fruit

(87-89)/2014+

There is excellent volume and concentration to the broad-shouldered and overtly muscular flavors that brim with both dry extract and minerality

Here too there is a background application of wood that is sufficiently subtle so as to allow the expressive nose of plum

racy acids and elegantly muscular structuring dry extract

The full clusters were macerated and fermented with indigenous yeasts and the wine matured for two years in old foudres from Austria

the texture and generous juiciness on display in this instance make for a Riesling that is infectiously approachable even at this early stage

plum and an array of floral nuances and in particular violet