Laughing Stock Vineyards
Laughing Stock Chardonnay Okanagan
2019
$40.00
About this winery
Laughing Stock Vineyard Founders David and Cynthia Enns led conservative, methodical, and calculated lives in the Financial Industry. In 2003, they followed their hearts, and bullishly invested everything into the wine industry. An emotional decision that their pinstriped peers thought was ... fiscally foolish, and financially unwise. The Laughing Stock name may have unwittingly been conceived at this time.
See the Laughing Stock Vineyards detail page for more information on this brand
Product notes
Making a well-balanced Chardonnay is a challenge that requires both a level of judgment and restraint to fully showcase the fruit characteristics, together with fullness and finesse.Like a bowl of unwrapped Werther’s Candies, vanilla and rich butterscotch emanate from the glass. This wine has notes of tropical fruit and crème brulee. It’s creamy mid palate and delicate oak are balanced with a nice acidity.
Production notes
This year’s Chardonnay grapes were sourced from Okanagan Falls. The grapes were whole cluster pressed for a fresh fruit profile using gravity to settle the wine and then put into French oak barrels and concrete egg. A partial malolactic conversion was allowed to occur. This, combined with lees stirring, created complexity and a sense of balance that doesn’t overpower the fruit flavours. Aged 10 months in French Oak