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Chardonnel Grape Information

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Ripening Season	Ripens Late September - A white grape with some Chardonay heritage.

Usage Notes Wine, Juice	CHARDONNEL According to New York’s Food and Life Sciences Bulletin,“Chardonnel is a late ripening white grape which can produce a high quality wine with varietal character. Chardonnel is distinguished by its superior wine quality combined with high productivity and cold hardiness superior to its acclaimed parent, Chardonnay. Click here for Chardonnel winemaking info .....

Fall Harvest Notes	Ripening Information for Week 5, October 12, 13 & 14 2007 Chardonnel are mostly gone. Click here for a ripening summary and grape prices for the whole vineyard ......

Variety Notes More Info	Chardonnel is the fourth wine grape cultivar to be named by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station” in Geneva, New York, and is the result of a cross of Seyval and Chardonnay done in 1953. (In its developmental stages the grape was known as GW-9 or NY 45010.) The vines tend to be productive, moderately vigorous, and moderately winter hardy. Clusters are shouldered and medium-large, very little crop is borne on lateral shoots and cluster thinning is required only infrequently. Wine quality has been rated as good to excellent producing a wine “described as pleasant and delicate with light fruitiness”.

Where are the Chardonnel vines located in the vineyard?	Row 60 Each row has about 50 vines. We originally had two rows of Chardonnel but they did not do well in our vineyard and we combined them to just one row.
Where are the Chardonnel vines located in the vineyard?	Click here or on the image for a better view of their location.

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Where can I Purchase Chardonnel Wine & Vines?	Chardonnel is starting to become more available in wineries. Try Beans Creek Winery Wine cannot be shipped into Michigan from other states. Stop by these wineries to purchase this style of wine. NY - Bully Hill Vineyard NY - Swedish Hill NY - Hunt Country (Note - If any other winery carries this style of wine and wants to be included here, please let us know) We do not sell wine or vines. Please go to our resource page for a listing of nurseries.

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Chardonnel Grape Information

Chardonnel White Wine Grape

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Fall Harvest Notes

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