Celani Family Vineyards Grand Reserve Chardonnay 2012

The wine is very expressive in the glass, where varietal character is conveyed through aromas of lemon curd, honeysuckle, kiwi, Fuji apple, creamy pineapple and toasted bread. The flavors are plush, oily, and concentrated but with an underlying crispness. Mountain apples and ripe stone fruit lead the path towards a lengthy citrus finish.

It is particularly fitting, and some might say even destiny, that the Celani’s ancient coat of arms consists of three silver-masted ships sailing from a grove of green poplars over a rough sea in search of a new land. Vincenzo Celani came to America in 1912 from his native town of Ferentino, near Rome. He settled in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and began raising his young family, and working in the mills in the area before moving to Detroit and pursuing a career with Ford Motor Company.