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KARL’S PAIRING: 2008 Riva Ranch Chardonnay, Arroyo Seco, Monterey
Anytime I hear cool vocal harmonies, I think of the harmony of fruit aromas and flavors that I am seeking to achieve in the Riva Ranch Chardonnay. Arroyo Seco Chardonnay is naturally tropical in nature with notes of mango, papaya, and guava and in the background are the more classic-Chardonnay notes of apple and pear. 3% Gewurztraminer is blended into the Chardonnay which causes an even greater harmonization of the fruit flavors. This fruit is like the vocal harmonization which leads you through the song (and the wine). They both pull you on the journey that is the song or the wine (or better yet, the combination of the two). Behind the vocals and the fruit flavors of the wine, much more is there, as if made to prop the respective harmonies. In the band, there is an array of strings, each playing a role to augment and accentuate the beauty of the harmonies. In the wine, the aromas from the barrel fermentation (coconut, clove, and vanilla), sur lies aging (creamy, roasted nuts), and malo-lactic fermentation (buttery) seem as if made to augment and accentuate the delicate fruit flavors.
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