What we liked so much about the Domaine Séguinot-Bordet Chablis Reserve Sainte Victoire 2006 was that it really was vastly different from any of the other Chardonnays that we’ve reviewed throughout the last few months.  The nose consisted of pears and green apples and had the unmistakable, minerally scent of stone — i.e., like the smell of a wet chalkboard slate – and […]

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While we were in Durham, North Carolina at our law school reunion a couple of weekends ago, we made a point of dropping by several of our old haunts for old times’ sake: Ben and Jerry’s, Whole Foods, Duke Gardens, and Parker and Otis (which used to be Fowler’s Market during our law school days).   It […]

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In Chardonnays, we tend to prefer the lighter, crisper style of French Burgundies over the bigger bodied, creamier, and less acidic New World versions.  Still, every once in a while we’ll be taken by surprise by a bottle from the non-European regions that will defy our usual preference.  This was certainly the case with the Taz Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2006.   
So, ok, the Taz had some typical California characteristics […]

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Usually in the chardonnays of Washington you’ll be tasting more apple, pear and lemon than you would in a California bottling of the same varietal, which tends to taste more of tropical fruits.  The Chateau Ste Michelle Indian Wells Chardonnay 2006, however, seems to defy this rule of thumb, which shouldn’t come as a complete surprise given that the grapes were […]

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