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Wine of the Day, No. 586

Wine of the Day, No. 586

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Fredric Koeppel
May 22, 2020
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Here's a chardonnay for lovers of the wines that sing, as Keats wrote of the nightingale, "in full-throated ease," yet retain perfect balance among all elements. The FEL Wines Savoy Vineyard Chardonnay 2017, from Mendocino County's Anderson Valley AVA, is rich and alluring but tempered by bright acidity and a keenly-wrought quality of limestone and damp…

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