This wine is all Bouzy, a blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, but it reminded me of a wine I tasted a few years ago by Moutard that is made with the obscure grapes of Champagne, things like Arbanne and Petit Meslier. Oh no, my friends, I've been a very lucky Brooklynguy lately, in large part due to the generosity of friends. MORE >>

It felt in the mouth like Chardonnay to me, and I got something like iodine on the nose. began to think Chablis. I think this is Chablis," I announced. And as I continued to smell and taste the wine, I knew it was true - it was an Austrian wine, not Chablis. I love blind tasting. really cannot say. MORE >>

10 Domaine Laroche Chablis Saint Martin 2002 Cork. 12 Domaine Laroche Chablis Saint Martin 2002 Screw Cap **. Domaine Laroche Chablis Premier Cru les Vaudevey 2002 Cork. 17 Domaine Laroche Chablis Premier Cru les Vaudevey 2002 Screw Cap **. 16 Domaine Laroche Chablis Grand Cru les Clos 2002 Cork. October 5, 2011. MORE >>

He thought about adding it to his “gallon-jug chablis.&# was thinking Chardonnay when I was making it. W$Jay was slumming it with zinfandel recently. He had a passing remark about the origin of Sutter Home white zin. Trinchero said that there was something of a zinfandel arms race in the early 70s. Trinchero said “Oh, okay. MORE >>

So it was that the 1997 Chardonnay that we tasted was made by Williams-Selyem but the 2007 was from Hirsch Vineyards. The 2007 Hirsch, although nobody’s going to confuse it with Chablis, was definitely leaner, with higher acidity and lower alcohol: voluptuousness was replaced by more restraint. MORE >>