Cuvaison, Chardonnay, 2006
We had my aunt and uncle over, and they like a good Chardonnay. However, and despite the volume of wine I drink, I really don't drink all that much white wine, let alone Chardonnay. So this wine was recommended by a guy at Zupan's.
And it turned out to be very interesting and intriguing. Right as you take a sip, it's sweet. But then as you taste and swallow, the wine goes totally dry. It was almost as if I had sugared the rim of my glass (well, almost). I really liked this aspect of the wine even though I don't like sweet wines (other than desert wines).
The nose was like a hay or a grass at first. And later, the nose was like smelling a fresh head of crisp lettuce. There was a salad in there! There was lime, and cilantro. And then, right at the end was this spicy bite -- like a hint of cayenne.
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8.0