{"product_id":"2023-umbrele-chardonnay-vilie-timisului-romania","title":"2023 Umbrele, Chardonnay, Vilie Timisului, Romania","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Romanian ray of light: crisp, juicy, Umbrele Chardonnay.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderfully fresh and fruity Chardonnay with amazing fruit and power. Ripe and thick, with lots of mango and toasted oak--a Chardonnay showing all the attributes. There's a chewy buttery, intensely tropical side to this full-bodied wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\" alt=\"2023 Umbrele, Chardonnay, Vilie Timisului, Romania\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/5118\/8278\/files\/1_Image_26_1024x1024.png?v=1779364575\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProducer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack in 1988, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania, starting with 650 hectares of slightly unloved vineyards and a rusty, once state-owned winery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet Englishman Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira, have turned the Cramele Recas Estate into the most successful winery in Romania. Recas are now recognised globally for their impressive scale and breadth of fascinating wines, including natural and orange wine from organic grapes. Despite the scale the emphasis is on making good wines that over-deliver, and as a result they’ve struck on a magic formula that has seen sales and demand boom. Vineyards are a combination of evolved plantings from 1447 and more recent planting, whilst the winery has seen significant investment and boasts state of the art facilities where innovation thrives. Recas are in every way a modern, dynamic winery, whose open minded approach and quality sets them apart … a winery you really can’t ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduction\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrown on a variety of soils, from cracking clays to limestone rich loams. All vineyards are non-irrigated. Trained to vertical shoot positioned trellis with 2 to 4 canes per vine with replacement spurs. Inter vine soil management by cultivation. Yields from 5 to 15 tonnes per hectare. 90% mechanical harvested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrapes are night harvested to arrive cool at the winery. Destemmed, lightly crushed and then chilled to 5° C and transferred to stainless steel temperature controlled maceration tanks, for 24 hours. Following this the grapes were lightly pressed, and the juice was fully decanted at low temperatures until completely clear before being inoculated with selected yeast, and fermented for 3 weeks at 15° C. Half of the wine was then aged for 3 months in oak with lees stirring to generate depth and complexity before being blended with the unoaked portion and prepared for bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlan's Personal Tasting Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is delish. Made by an Englishman in under invested Romania it’s got lovely, fresh, mango n apricot\/peach fruits, balanced by a delicious fresh acidity. Great length and balance and although 50% of the blend is matured in barrel the oak in no way overpowers the fruit, it’s just in perfect balance with it. Long, beautiful \u0026amp; moreish, this will be a sure fire winner.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAY 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"height: 276.4px;\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eYear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003e2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eBottle Size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003e750ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eCultivar\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003e100% Chardonnay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eCountry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003eRomania\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eAlcohol content \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003e12.5%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.2px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 39.2px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eUnits of Alcohol per Bottle\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 39.2px;\"\u003e9.4 units\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003eWhite Wine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.2px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 39.2px;\"\u003eFood Matching\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 39.2px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrilled satay chicken, veal, shrimp, crab and lobster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eCellaring Potential\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003e1 year\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eAllergen Information\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003eContains sulphites\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.3759%; height: 22px;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 50.2937%; height: 22px;\"\u003eTimis County\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55565372653944,"sku":null,"price":11.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/5118\/8278\/files\/2023Umbrele_Chardonnay_VilieTimisului_Romania.png?v=1779193958","url":"https:\/\/vinofandango.co.uk\/products\/2023-umbrele-chardonnay-vilie-timisului-romania","provider":"Vino Fandango","version":"1.0","type":"link"}