Flat Rock Cellars The Rusty Shed Chardonnay 2016, Twenty Mile Bench
Chardonnay
Ontario, Canada
$26.95 (1552)
Critic Reviews (4)
Rusty Shed is a block and barrel selection offering considerable richness, smoothness and flavour intensity. All...
The 2016 is less a matter of chardonnay spirit and more falling along rich, buttery and vanilla-caramel lines. Might...
Rich and very creamy as if the malolactic fermentation was pushed a little too hard for optimum balance. The palate...
Very ripe and soft, and fleshy, with a vaguely sweet impression. Loads of creamy oak. Perhaps this will tighten up in...
Community Reviews (1)
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.