What a name for a winery…dough.
Yes yeast is used in the fermentation of wine. It can be natural or added. Yeast is also used helping the bread dough to rise. However dough is not a taste you really want in a white wine although if you read reviews of sparkling wine you might encounter a descriptor of “fresh baked brioche” and the like. Now adding on another layer dough winery gives money (“dough”) to the James Beard Foundation “to create an inclusive, equitable and sustainable food culture…”. I say this as I have some cinnamon raisin bread baking!
Now that all this trivia is discussed shouldn’t we try a dough 2020 North Coast Chardonnay?
Aroma: Pear, apple, homemade apple sauce, marzipan and mango somewhat bold and beautiful. This might be a challah of a wine!
Palate: Mango, pineapple and apple in a muscular and most serious framework. Really well crafted and although oaked it is as if you can taste it but your focus is on the power and strength of the wine rather than its oak. Had American oak been used instead of French you might be chanting , “ABC”. Some of the wine was fermented in stainless steel preventing oak from domineering.
Personality: Quite frankly I am proud of myself as while I am oaked my winemakers certainly managed the oak very well offering you me a sophisticated Chardonnay. No overdone oak to soil my reputation. I am fit for a Kaiser! I bagel you to try me! You bun looking for me a long time!
Cellarbility: Drink by 2027-year end.
Food Match: Macaroni and Cheese with crispy breadcrumb topping. Use OKA cheese.
Price: $24.95 CDN (Ontario).
RKS 2023 Wine Rating: 91/100.
(dough 2020 Chardonnay, North Coast, California, dough wines, Sonoma, California, 750 mL, 13.5%).
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