Botrytis? Saffron-honey-inflected in any case, attractive, and otherwise clean. There's a bit of a Chablis feeling...

Medal score at the 2025 National Wine Awards of Canada. Tasted blind June 2025.

Notes of honeyed pear, preserved lemon suggest botrytis, but beguilingly golden fruit notes are very rich and ripe....

If anyone out there is under the impression that Canadian wine regions are unable to procure ripe and luxe chardonnay...