2017 Back 10 Cellars Start from Scratch Chardonnay – Winery Only – $27.95 – ****+ – I hesitate to write about this wine because every year it seems to sell out a little bit faster. This is about as local as you can get as it’s fermented with indigenous yeasts and made using Canadian Oak barrels. There is always something a little funky, and a little spicy about this wine – these notes come from the wild yeasts. But beyond the unique spicy notes in the bottle you will still find apple, and pineapple flavours. There is nice concentration and this is definitely the most approachable Start from Scratch ever made by Back 10 Cellars. Drink it now without guilt – or hold onto this for 6 months to have it fully come together – and if you really have patience expect this to develop nicely in a cellar for the next 3 years.
