Tag: Chardonnay

Cosentino The Chard Lodi 2012

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The wine was “interesting”.

I would say that the wine had
“way more FLAVOR than I can comprehend”.

Maybe I should try a Chard from
this AVA again if I get the chance.

This would be a “try it and tell
me what you think” kind of wine.

Since I gravitate to Chablis,
CA Chard is a big huge question mark.

It might be interesting to seek
out a CA Chard that has “particular”
characteristics and see how the
chosen wine hits my wine target.

I’ve never given CA Chard
a second thought.

How dumb is that?

Hang in there.

Badger Mountain Chardonnay 2017

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Give me a second while
I shift gears out of that
crisp clean Cava.

This one is FULL OF FLAVOR.

A “vegetation sensation”.

I’m heating some steak
fries to see if that
helps.

Not so much…

Day Two…

I am better prepared for this
today.

This reminds me of the cider mill.

(Is this a THEME?)

The apples are in between
green and sweet.

Precociously seductive.

I had braised pork seasoned
with garlic and thyme.

This is a situation of
not being able to decide
which was better.

The garlic gets a bye.

I think the pork tamed
the wine such that the
“vegetative” flavors are
“approachable” although I
DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

All I can taste is garlic
at this point.

Saint Peter: Sheesh, what
did you have for lunch.
OTWN: Chardonnay.
SP: I mean food. Don’t
tell me.
Take a couple steps back…

https://youtu.be/zXpIUiPKQcw?t=55

Ordinary (interestingly,
I could have used the word
“ordinarily,”, but since I don’t
ORDINARILY drink Chard, I
chose to use the adjective)
Chard gives me the
creeps because I fear it
will be too milky/flabby
for my preference.

And to be clear, I don’t
ordinarily drink ordinary
Chard.

I try to drink exceptional
Chards, exceptionally rarely.

SO I DON’T GO BROKE.

I could stand more acidity.

Maybe.

The “heaviness” is more like
oil than milk.

Reminds me of Sémillon.

It’s high noon, do you know
where YOUR empty bottles are?

Hang in there.

Cave de Lugny Les Charmes, Mâcon-Lugny Chardonnay 2015

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Just last night I was
wondering why I don’t
transition to more whites
and rosés.

Sparklers too.

I’m not wondering today.

This wine is fantastic.

This looks to be my
Chard adventure outside of
my beloved Chablis region.

The obvious thing is the
“expected” reduced acidity.

Next is the oily/waxy feel
and flavor that bounces
from olive oil to honeycomb.

I’m skeptical of the olive
oil.

Something slightly green, but
not herby.

I don’t know.

And then I just got the
impression of melted glacier
ice.

From an area near to, but far
enough away from the till so
as to be influenced by it but
not contaminated by it.

Maybe some kind of mineral
sensation peeking through
the insane purity of the wine.

It’s almost sweet.

The bottle verbiage tells me
that there should be a citrus flavor.

Whatever. To the acid tormented
palate, it is quite subdued.

And that can be NICE.

Citrus flavor without turning
your mouth inside out.

So good.

Day Two…

Unbelievable.

Pears.

Juicy, ripe, slurpy pears.

And MAYBE with a drop or
two of citrus juice.

I HAVE a new quest.

Hang in there.