Jim Olsen
"Mute" Lodi Chardonnay
Lodi, Central Valley, California, USA
Another great vintage of this white, and Mr. Olsen’s swan song for Naked Wines, as he has started his own winery. This is a Chardonnay in an older style, typified by arrested fermentation, giving the wine less oak and a bit more residual sugar, something like a dry Riesling. Great Caesar’s Ghost! Superman’s Pal is all grown up!
Another great vintage of this white, and Mr. Olsen’s swan song for Naked Wines, as he has started his own winery. This is a Chardonnay in an older style, typified by arrested fermentation, giving the wine less oak and a bit more residual sugar, something like a dry Riesling. Great Caesar’s Ghost! Superman’s Pal is all grown up!
Dec 13th, 2018A different take on Chardonnay, this white wine has "arrested fermentation" which gives it slightly lower alcohol - 12.5% - and a bit more residual sugar, but not so much as to relegate it to the dessert wine ghetto. The sugar level is around that if a Riesling or Gewürztraminer. The oak is low or absent, and it has not undergone a secondary malolactic fermentation. It stood up nicely to Cajun blackened tilapia with long beans, roasted potatoes, and red bell peppers.
A different take on Chardonnay, this white wine has "arrested fermentation" which gives it slightly lower alcohol - 12.5% - and a bit more residual sugar, but not so much as to relegate it to the dessert wine ghetto. The sugar level is around that if a Riesling or Gewürztraminer. The oak is low or absent, and it has not undergone a secondary malolactic fermentation. It stood up nicely to Cajun blackened tilapia with long beans, roasted potatoes, and red bell peppers.
May 10th, 2016This wine is very complex and it gets better with each subsequent glass. It is a little much to handle at first and really only pairs well with a thin pasta sauce for dinner.
This wine is very complex and it gets better with each subsequent glass. It is a little much to handle at first and really only pairs well with a thin pasta sauce for dinner.
Apr 21st, 2018