What's in your glass tonight?

[jswordy]

Seven years of settling, lol...

 

[Arne]

Seven years of settling, lol...

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Good to the last drop. Arne.

 

[Hazelemere]

Chardonnay Fleur d'Oranger 2023-24

This is my last Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay 2023 71B ferment blend in a glass with Fresco Australian Orange Muscat. We added citric acid to the Chardonnay because 71B yeast made it a bit flat. I'll bottle 4 Orange Muscats on their own. I'll test the sulphite in a 50/50 blended 30 bottle carboy and put it back into my cooler.

Tasting comments from a blend in a glass:

Appearance - clear, deep, lemon yellow

Smell - good creamy, muscat nose

Tannin - good

Acid - good for my palate. My wife may find it a bit tangy right now.

Flavour - this is tasty and fragrant with a good finish. It should improve as it ages and citric acid esters develop with malic acid and tartaric acid esters and the acid drops a bit. I'd rate it as very good right now. I'll try to age it at least 3 years after I bottle it around Easter 2025.

retaste from a bottle in my cooler:

Appearance - clear, deep, lemon yellow, very slightly bubbly, loses bubbles on swirling

Smell - good creamy, buttered popcorn, muscat nose

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - tasty Chardonnay Muscat. This needs time age and develop an even more complex nose. I score it as very good. I have no idea how much it will improve on aging. It has a good aftertaste. I think that it could be good with panco halibut burgers, rainbow trout, or prawn tempura. Have any of you foodies every made homemade prawn tempura?