{"id":212,"date":"2014-09-10T20:24:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T00:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:16:54","slug":"elkin-creek-chardonnay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/elkin-creek-chardonnay\/","title":{"rendered":"Elkin Creek Chardonnay — Wine Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

One third of the way through! Tonight we opened a bottle of the Elkin Creek Chardonnay from Elkin Creek Vineyard.<\/a> \u00a0This Chardonnay is so rich and creamy, I mistakenly thought it was finished in oak and pulled out the wrong glasses for the wine. \u00a0After quickly reading up on the wine, we realized it was 100% stainless steel (I was shocked, Joe had a lingering suspicion), and we changed glasses. \u00a0While the wine wasn’t bad out of the oaked Chardonnay glasses, it was remarkably better and the flavors were more concentrated out of the stainless Chardonnay\/Viognier glasses. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The winemaker at Elkin Creek really knows how to make a delicious wine. \u00a0This Chardonnay is full-bodied and creamy from beginning\u00a0to end. \u00a0The nose is a little grapey and ripe with a fruit forward aroma. \u00a0The first draw in is bright with a slight hint of lemon. \u00a0Then it transforms into a rich creaminess on the mid-palate. \u00a0The finish has hints of malted fruit and a slight nutty end note. \u00a0It does resemble an oaked Chardonnay while keeping all the best characteristics from a true-to-the-fruit stainless steel version.<\/p>\n

Elkin Creek Vineyard has a great variety\u00a0of wines produced in a more European style. \u00a0Their whites are mostly traditional and some of their reds resemble Italian style wines. \u00a0The winery itself has a cozy feel to it. \u00a0On most days you can sample their wines with a loaf of wood-fired bread and some local cheese. \u00a0On Sundays, they offer wood-fired pizzas as well (definitely worth the visit).<\/p>\n

Elkin Creek Vineyard is located in Elkin, NC.
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One third of the way through! Tonight we opened a bottle of the Elkin Creek Chardonnay from Elkin Creek Vineyard. \u00a0This Chardonnay is so rich and creamy, I mistakenly thought it was finished in oak and pulled out the wrong glasses for the wine. \u00a0After quickly reading up on the wine, we realized it wasContinue reading →<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[379],"tags":[103,227,81,203,262,254,154],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-cellar","tag-chardonnay","tag-elkin-creek-vineyard","tag-nc-wine","tag-nc-wine-month-2014","tag-white-wine","tag-wine-review","tag-yadkin-valley","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11262,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/11262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}