Chardonnay That You Can Find At The Store

Chardonnay That You Can Find At The Store - Episode #469

May 21, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 Chardonnay wines that are available in most stores around the country. People have asked for more reviews of wines that are OUT THERE! Here you go.

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“the last chardonnay I had was Folie a Deux. ($16) Very drinkable, a li…” by littlemama
“QOTD: Can’t really recall at this moment, been a while since I have ha…” by MattUD
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Stonehedge ChardonnayOther California Chardonnay
Estancia ChardonnayOther California Chardonnay
2006 Acacia A ChardonnayNapa Chardonnay

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about 3 weeks ago

littlemama
the last chardonnay I had was Folie a Deux. ($16) Very drinkable, a little too much acidity though. Apple tones, faint vanilla, strange finish, kind of lingers. I prefer a more buttery chard.
about a month ago

MattUD
QOTD: Can’t really recall at this moment, been a while since I have had one. Trying to get into other grapes.
about 2 months ago

Michael H.
QOTD: 2004 Medlock Ames Chardonnay — wonderful!
about 3 months ago

Paul V
QOTD:

the last chardonnay was a TERRIBLE and HORRIFIC bottle that my grandfather got at the drugstore in 1978 (or so) and it sat in the refrigerator in the basement of my grandparents house for 18 years or so. Curious my parents and I tried it.

Gary: I’ll be honest: It left scars.. To this day I’m actually afraid of chardonnay. Terrified actually. It was horrible. It was so beyond fruit juice - wet, stanky, bananas and pineapple, that horrible mouthfeel of flat warm fruit pop and splenda - terrible.
about 3 months ago

SoCal
QOTD: I don’t drink a lot of Chard….not unless you count Blanc de Blanc Champaign
about 3 months ago

Andy
The last chard? Marques de Casa Concha Chard ($20 ish). paired it initially w/ some havarti, but we had fresh sashimi, and that was a beautiful pairing. I am officially no longer a lurker.
about 3 months ago

tony mele
simi chard was the last chard I had that I enjoyed.
about 3 months ago

kylemiller3975
sadly–a bottle of the ‘05 kj.i know im not supposed to, but i cant help mahself–i like it.its good economical chardonnay.damnit.
about 3 months ago

JACK
Last was a 2005 Stuhlmuller Vineyards Chardonnay and a 2006 Ramey Chardonnay Carneros.

Next will be a Wyncroft.

(first post, but a longtime lurker)
about 3 months ago

Melissa
right now i’m drinking 2007 banrock station chardonnay + quite frankly i’m a little underwhelmed. really tastes like a sauvignon blanc to me instead of a chardonnay.
about 3 months ago

Vinophile
First post, but I’m a lurking Vayniak in PA. And my hubby’s Mother’s Day gift to me was your book. My “pal” likes the butter and the oaky of Chards. Last one I had was from the Finger Lakes, either Lakewood or Rooster Hill…both do a pretty nice job.
P.S.: Gary, do you ever sleep?? I just can’t imagine that!
about 3 months ago

JayZee
QOTD: It was a 2005 Chablis, but I cannot recall the producer. It was very goodv - nice mineral aspects to it.
about 3 months ago

Kevin C
My son brought some wines home from a visit to western Canada, and in teh mix was a Sonora Ranch Chardonnay, the low end label for Mission Hill. Interesting thing was this was a non vintage, retails around $12. Definitely drinkable, nice medium body, tropical fruits, pineapple, mango and papaya. Had it with roasted chicken and simple pasta & olive oil.
about 3 months ago

Winn
Had a Josef Drouhin 2005 Bourgogne. Really nice. A bit more oak than i expected, but well integrated.
about 3 months ago

The Oak Monster
6th highest ranking according to whom?
about 3 months ago

David Masi
The last one was a Mark Ryan Chardonnay 2006 Conner Lee vineyard, clean crisp and quite tasty!
about 3 months ago

Harry
QOTD: Louis Blanc Chard VdP d’Oc. Nice straw and grassy component to the wine, with subtle lemon fruits.
about 3 months ago

Phil M'Glassup
Tha Estancia made a fine wine lover out of me. I bought it for a girl who had made a lovely fish dinner. I opened it and it literally smelled like stale piss. One swig and I vowed I would never cheap out and drink swill like that again. Since then,it’s been only the good stuff.
Abd soeajubg of chepo disappointments, the fam cracked a bottle of that Alamos Chard on Mom’s Day. What a disppointment. Really green, pissy nose, not as vomitous as the Estancia but undrinkable nonetheless. I think the ugly truth of the matter is that the Alamos wines have been wildly overpraised. Why, I don’t know.
Love those crisp white bugs. And am looking forward to that Rully you touted that I grabbed from freewinelibrary.
And as unhip as it may be, I’ve got to say, I’m in the pro-Newton chard camp. Classic, plush, soft butttery Cali flavors at a remarkable price. I also like their claret which some of you may deem too oaky.
about 3 months ago

cma82
QOTD: Shhhh..don’t tell anyone. But my guilty pleasure is a bottle of the Bonterra Chardonnay. It’s ripe, oaky, and organic.
about 3 months ago

Porter
Oak Knoll Unoaked…. super ripe fruit, it was DELICIOUS
about 3 months ago

teckdeck2008
QOTD:
the last chard I tried was the Lobster Cove Life’s a Beach 2005 Chardonnay. The name may sound stupid but it was good light fruity wine. i tend to prefer more full bodied wines than that, but it was something I could see myself drinking sun bathing on a beach or taking a girl on a dinner date. For times when you want to avoid an over the top kind of wine. Interestingly enough, it was one of the producers that ages chardonnay in a metal barrel instead oak.
about 3 months ago

GR8wine
Thanks for the show GV. I’ve cut way back on drinking supermarket Chardonnays not just for fear of an over oaked product, but because I am more into exploring with other types of varietals from other parts of the globe.
QOTD: 2006 Winery at La Grange Fletcher’s Chardonnay
about 3 months ago

Dan-o
On a show a while back, you picked a Chard that turned out to be my house favorite - Four Vines Naked. I have had the Acacia products before and I will try the A series Chard.

QOTD - Last night I had a bottle of Martinelli Chardonnay from one of their single vineyards - Martinelli Road, I think. It was a nice wine, very balanced and full bodied.
about 3 months ago

yowens
Thanks for the show, GV. Its nice to see tastings of the wines you can find easily. QOTD: 2004 Sharpe Hill Chardonnay CuvÃ©e ammi phillips - really good
about 3 months ago

Sassodoro
If blends count, it would be 2006 Cusumano “Angimbe,” a blend of Insolia and Chardonnay. If not, it would be a 2004 Lavantureux Chablis that I got in half-bottles as a closeout. There must have been something seriously wrong with that wine — it smelled like stinky cheese.