SubscribeLearn About Chardonnay Wine Hello, Chardonnay. There’s no question that you are in the spotlight of the white wine world. You can be a light, apple-y thing at times, some might even call you flinty. But in your big and full-bodied wine moments no one can deny your caramel, butterscotch or vanilla notes. This full-bodied temperament, Chardonnay, might even make you a little nutty. If you hail from the Old World, your European wine ancestry bequeaths more of the subtleness of minerals and astringency to your flavor profile. But don’t confuse this with being a weak wine. In fact, you can live well beyond your years and develop into something quite complex with age. For you New World wine cousins, your upfront, prominent flavors of tropical fruit, baked apples, praline, heavy oak and/or low acids scream for a celebration perfect of a drink now kind of wine event. Your kind doesn’t like to linger in the bottle. As a grape, Chardonnay, you can ripen to high sugar levels, bringing out high alcohol content in your wines. Moreover, you are naturally high in extract, enhancing your body, concentration of flavor and character. You have a tendency to remain on the palate [...]
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