Although we are square in the thick of red wine drinking season right now, I actually ended up with a white last night (what can I say it was in 80-degree territory in Southern California). I ended up trying out the
2004 Clos du Bois Reserve Chardonnay. The wine is priced
around $15 making it a nicely priced weekday wine. I like that it wasn't the usual golden yellow I often see in California chards, instead it was a pale straw color with very crisp pear and apple notes. The wine hails from the Russian River Valley and is 100% Chardonnay grapes. Prior to bottling, the wine was aged for nine months in French and European oak. It's not an overly memorable wine and a bit oaktacular for my taste but a good value.
