ON-1552

Flat Rock Cellars The Rusty Shed Chardonnay 2016, Twenty Mile Bench

Chardonnay Chardonnay
Ontario, Canada

$26.95 (1552)

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August 21, 2010

Critic Reviews (4)

Michael Godel
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Michael Godel

The 2016 is less a matter of chardonnay spirit and more falling along rich, buttery and vanilla-caramel lines. Might...

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Sara d'Amato
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Sara d'Amato

Rich and very creamy as if the malolactic fermentation was pushed a little too hard for optimum balance. The palate...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

Rusty Shed is a block and barrel selection offering considerable richness, smoothness and flavour intensity. All...

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

Very ripe and soft, and fleshy, with a vaguely sweet impression. Loads of creamy oak. Perhaps this will tighten up in...

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David Brodati, DipWSET
David Brodati, DipWSET

The warm 2016 vintage is parlayed into a texturally rich Chard with medium plus body and a leesy creaminess. 13.5% ABV. Yellow apple and pear, minerality, spice and toasty oak. I'd like to see the oak integrate a bit more and this will come with time. Acidity could be a touch higher, but length is excellent. Falls short of the wondrous 2013 vintage, but then 2013 produced some of the finest Chards Ontario has ever produced. Dec. 2018.

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