D.H. Lescombes Chenin Blanc 2013 90% Chenin Blanc, 10% Malvasia Bianca New Mexico is is a beautiful wine with a light, golden chartreuse hue and a nose of acidic pineapple, pear and honeydew melon with slight minerality. Bright, tart green apple dominates the flavor profile and finish with hints of kiwi, this wine is surprisingly flavorful for as light as it is. Fresh, mellow flavors make this a great wine to cook with when a recipe calls for a dry white wine as well a crowd-pleasing sipper wine. Pair with light dishes, like spinach salad, margharita pizza, turkey, pork chops and pesto. Also complements moderately spicy cuisine with fruit flavors, like Asian food. brand wine name vintage varietal % appellation tasting notes food pairings 11% 2.2 3.32 7.1 Light, golden chartreuse Pineapple, pear and honeydew Bright green apple and light kiwi 42°- 46° alcohol residual sugar ph ta color bouquet taste serving temperature T e c h n i c a l D a t a P r o f i l e www.dhlescombes.com T a s t i n g C h a r t delicate very dry light soft none none direct powerful dessert very full very crisp heavily tannic heavy oak very complex Intensity Sweetness Body Acidity Tannins Oak Complexity 1 2 3 4 5 Hervé Lescombes settled in Southern New Mexico after many years of successful winemaking in Burgundy, France. He carried on his family legacy by planting a small vineyard influenced by European viticulture. From this vineyard, only the highest quality grapes are destined to become D.H. Lescombes wines. Showcasing an Old World approach to winemaking focused on balance and subtlety, D.H. Lescombes wines are committed to French oak maturation and are hand-crafted with traditional techniques to create wines of the finest character and distinction. REVISED 11/18/13 H I W C ‘08 B T I 8 7 p t s ‘13 L S I W C ‘13 H I W C c h a m p i o n ‘07 H I W C c h a m p i o n ‘08

Pr o f i l e...˚avors, like Asian food. brand wine name vintage varietal % appellation tasting notes food pairings 11% 2.2 3.32 7.1 Light, golden chartreuse Pineapple, pear and honeydew

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D.H. Lescombes Chenin Blanc201390% Chenin Blanc, 10% Malvasia BiancaNew Mexico

�is is a beautiful wine with a light, golden chartreuse hue and a nose of acidic pineapple, pear and honeydew melon with slight minerality. Bright, tart green apple dominates the �avor pro�le and �nish with hints of kiwi, this wine is surprisingly �avorful for as light as it is. Fresh, mellow �avors make this a great wine to cook with when a recipe calls for a dry white wine as well a crowd-pleasing sipper wine.

Pair with light dishes, like spinach salad, margharita pizza, turkey, pork chops and pesto. Also complements moderately spicy cuisine with fruit �avors, like Asian food.

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food pairings

11%2.23.327.1Light, golden chartreusePineapple, pear and honeydewBright green apple and light kiwi42°- 46°

alcoholresidual sugar

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colorbouquet

tasteserving temperature

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www.dhlescombes.com

Tasting Chartdelicatevery dry

lightsoft

nonenone

direct

powerfuldessertvery fullvery crispheavily tannicheavy oakvery complex

IntensitySweetness

BodyAcidity

TanninsOak

Complexity1 2 3 4 5

Hervé Lescombes settled in Southern New Mexico after many years of successful winemaking in Burgundy, France. He carried on his family legacy by planting a small vineyard in�uenced by European viticulture. From this vineyard, only the highest quality grapes are destined to become D.H. Lescombes wines. Showcasing an Old World approach to winemaking focused on balance and subtlety, D.H. Lescombes wines are committed to French oak maturation and are hand-crafted with traditional techniques to create wines of the �nest character and distinction.

REVISED 11/18/13

HIW

‘08

BTI

87 pts

‘13 LSIW

‘13

HIWC champion ‘07

HIWC champion

‘08