Touchstone Eight Chardonnay

A Chardonnay produced in the New World tradition – a wine full of taste and complexity. Touchstone Eight began in the celebrated vineyards of California's Central Coast and, with the application of the TFC Method, it has reached its peak of flavor at a significantly reduced alcohol level. A white wine with enough flavor and structure to be a great accompaniment to any dish.

With 8% alcohol, as its name implies, Touchstone Eight falls in the middle of TFC's range of lighter style wines, and it is one of the most extensively researched of that range. The wines themselves were designed to live up to the promise of “The New Lighter California Style of Wine” and to be particularly compatible with California lighter-style healthy cuisine. Both product and packaging underwent particularly rigorous testing, including focus groups and an extensive quantitative study. In blind tastings, the wines themselves were characterized 95% of the time as being comparable in structure to market leading benchmark wines (i.e. the lower alcohol went undetected) with very highly positive references to aroma and flavour. The label design received over 85% approval in the quantitative study for its combination of elegance and modernity, yet traditional quality wine cues.