White Wine

Jun 032011
 
2009 Chatom Vineyards Chardonnay, Calaveras County, CA, $18 (S) – Rating 91

A thoroughly enjoyable Chardonnay that you’d expect to cost more. A creamy wine with flavors of vanilla, ripe peaches, red apples with only a hint of oak. Very well balanced lushness and acidity creates a smooth mouth-feel.

May 312011
 
2008 Deep Sea Chardonnay, Central Coast, CA, $24 (S) – Rating 90

A really delicious creamy, yet crisp Chardonnay. Deep Sea is a full-bodied and complex wine with balanced flavors of tropical fruit married with red apple and toasty oak, fig and subtle spice. This wine has deservedly won it’s fair share of respected awards. Get it while you can.

May 152011
 
2009 Ramazzotti Chardonnay, Smith Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley, CA, $20 (S) – Rating 4.0

A fresh and easy drinking Chardonnay. Clean on the palate with a nice blend to topical fruit, pinapple with a hint of lemon curd. The unfiltered and unrefined product of 25 year old vines and barrel fermentation, Ramazzotti Chardonnay is a great wine to pair with cheese and fruit.

May 152011
 
2009 Cinnabar Chardonnay, Monterey, CA, $20(S) – Rating 3.9

A very plesant French-style Chardonnay that pairs with food quite well. 20% oak barrell aging and 60% malolactic fermenation adds richness without too much muscle. Nice fruit with flavcors of lemon curd, apples mixed with a touch of citrus and minerality

May 152011
 
2009 Deep Sea Viognier, Santa Barbara County, CA, $26 (S) – Rating 4.0

Bring on the summer. This Viognier by Deep Sea Wines is an elegant yet sexy wine ready for the patio. The flavors of stone fruit, pear, white peach, riverstone and a flinty minerality are well integrated with a soft floral nose into a wine you won’t ignore. Partial oak aging adds to the complexity and adds a richness to the mouthfeel.