Category: Chardonnay

Wine lovers are always on the hunt for their next delicious bottle. When I go to a new restaurant, I devour their wine list hoping to find treasures without an insane markup. On lucky days I am rewarded with a new producer, grape, or style of wine. That is exactly how... Read More

I'm an impatient gal. I try not to be, but sometimes, I just can't help myself. I bought the 2009 bottle of Domaine Laroche Chablis last year, thinking I'd hold onto it for a few years, since Grand Cru Chablis can definitely take some age. But I saw it in... Read More

Chablis is a general designation of an appellation/region in France. At the Northern tip of Burgundy, Chardonnay grapes make wine typically with a flinty, steely edge and bracing acidity. If the wine is from France and says Chablis on the bottle, it is from this region and Chardonnay is the... Read More

  Chablis, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 1) Even the very finest Chablis isn't astronomically priced. Dollar for dollar, you get more for your money when you buy white wine, and I find Chablis is a perfect example. 2) The high acidity makes it a... Read More

Ah Chablis. I'm certain I've written about my love for Chablis before, but in case you hadn't heard, I adore the stuff. Chablis is wine from the Chardonnay grape in the village of Chablis, in the Burgundy region of France. Chablis is my absolute favorite expression of the Chardonnay grape.... Read More

  If you've read some of my previous reviews of wine, you'll know I am no fan of New World, oaky, buttery, vanilla-candle-smelling Chardonnay. I am a very big fan though, of crisp, non-oaky, high acidity Chardonnay, like those gorgeously austere wines from Chablis. In fact, Chablis may be my... Read More

  When I drink white wine, I love the bracing acidity, minerality, and freshness of a good Chablis. I had read wonderful things about tonight's wine, so I was very excited to try it, but I ended up sadly disappointed. Chablis is a subregion in northern Burgundy that really specializes... Read More

Is it bad to call a wine boring? I know it isn't a compliment, no one is going to call you up and say, "I'm drinking the most boring bottle of wine right now, you've got to try it!" And yet, boring, ordinary, pleasant, and inoffensive are the first words... Read More