Dr. Konstantin Frank - Chardonnay Finger Lakes 2023 (750ml) Dolcetto d'Alba

Dr. Konstantin Frank - Chardonnay Finger Lakes 2023 (750ml) Dolcetto d'AlbaThe growing season of 2023 presented many opportunities and challenges. The winter was mild, with low cold stress on the vines. This led to an uncharacteristically warm spring, causing the vines to begin budburst early. In mid May, the entire region experienced a freeze event that only happens once in a century. The freeze caused a loss of 10% 50% of buds, depending on location and grape variety. The reduction in buds per vine led to a concentration

Despite the hot and dry summer

full-bodied and complete

Its variety of soils and climatic variations

All the activities from the plantation to the bottling are done at Castagnac by the permanent team

Les Bretèches is a quintessential Lebanese wine

The nose is dominated by strawberry

and cranberry with hints of ginger

a note of brushy cedar and sage and integrated French oak

Sauvignon) and that’s before we even get to the fruit

From a single vineyard at 900 meters up the eastern slope of Mount Etna

Here it is: the very first edition of an exciting southern Rhône red

as the taste of rich caramel fills your palate