Norman Hardie Niagara Unfiltered Chardonnay 2012, VQA Niagara Peninsula
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Critic Reviews (9)
Yet another stunner from the gifted mind of Norman Hardie. It's a striking Niagara chardonnay with Burgundian...
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The '12 Niagara has swapped spontaneity for coherence, licentiousness for logic. Has entered the stage of...
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This gold medalist at the 2014 National Wine Awards is a very aromatic, intense and refined chardonnay showing...
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Aggregate final score from judges at the 2015 National Wine Awards of Canada. June 2015.
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An extravagantly long, focused and complex chardonnay with a good deal of very fine oak. Broad and with a palate that...
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Drinking beautifully at the moment, the 2012 chardonnay from Niagara brings an uncommon floral note to ripe but fresh...
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Wooded chardonnay but intelligently, without excess; nice lemony note enhanced by a touch of volatile acidity. In the...
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Pronounced aromas of ginger, orange peel, banana, lemon and toast. Bodied and tart and subtle notes of toasted...
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A touch reductive, but that smokey sulphurous note simply adds another dimension. Lean and mineral driven but without...
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Community Reviews (1)
I'm an unabashed Norm Hardie fan (and I like his wines too), so I hope I can be objective. The Niagara sourced 12 chard is excellent (what's new with Norm's wines). Yellow gold, aromatic nose of smoke, mineral, caramel, butter and some baking spice. The palate offers citrus, apple, white peach, and a very slight nudge into the tropical spectrum. It is mid weight with citrusy acidity as a frame. Excellent length. Complex. Nicely done. Feb. 2015.
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