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A Magnum Bottle of Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay
2022 Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay 1.5L
$175.00

Tasting Notes

Bunker Hill is noted for its precision, tension and finesse, displaying fresh citrus, savory and white smoke elements. On the palate, lemon, pear and mineral flavors slowly unfold with a silky finish that lingers. It is floral and slightly salty on the nose, complex, and has layers of flavor on the palate - bright acidity and perfect ripeness - that allow its exceptional vineyard flavors to unfold. There is a wet stone or saline quality that comes through the wine and makes it one of the more highly sought cuvées we produce.

 
Suggested Food Pairing

Bunker Hill is an elegant, yet focused wine, one that does best with some subtlety and structure in the food. Classic seafood such as halibut, turbot, sole, flounder, cod with a beurre blanc or simply poached in butter and seasoned with herbs or fennel pollen, with a squeeze of lemon juice are perfect and easy to make. Or take any of the fish mentioned and make a mild blend of mayo, lemon and Dijon mustard to match with the Bunker Hill Chardonnay.

Winemaker's notes

The grapes were picked to maximize freshness and tension in the finished wine. 67% Whole cluster pressed, 33% crushed and then pressed, settled in tank for 24 hours on average, then barrel fermented in a combination of 26% new, 600 liter puncheons and 74% old French oak barriques and puncheons from diverse coopers. Full malolactic fermentation completed spontaneously in each barrel. After 11 months aging on lees, the wines were combined in tank with their lees for five months prior to bottling.

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