Etihad Business Class & Lounges; 9/9/2018-9/14/2018 (Sydney, Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt): {screwcap} Lots of oak & butter. The palate has a fair bit of slithery oak texture, less tannic than buttery. Actually light on for grape flavours; it’s a bit neutral with a bit of melon. Light/medium body; not as heavy as the nose seems to indicate. Dry, with all the (short-lived) finish on the front palate (Etihad Business Lounge T3 Abu Dhabi).
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On opening this seemed like nothing special, just another so so chardonnay. But after a few days in the fridge it began to take on more complexity-- kind of a flinty character as well as more complex fruit. I kept drinking it until it was gone and perhaps the surprise of finding new elements makes my rating perhaps a tad too generous. But I'm sure going to give this wine another try.
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Cheap chardonnay from Chile that scored so well from somebody that everybody had to run out and get some. OK. Just OK. Best thing is the price. Second best thing is the wine.
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À l'aveugle je ne n'aurais jamais deviné que ce jus pâle et presqu'inodore est fait de Chardonnay. En bouche, ça ne s'améliore pas. Très acide et quasi sans saveur. On a l'impression de boire de l'eau additionnée d'acide citrique. Un jus auquel James Suckling aurait accordé 92 points si je me fies à l'autocollant sur la bouteille. Ça confirme que M. Suckling et moi n'avons pas les mêmes goûts ni la même éthique... La seule "vertu" de ce blanc est d'être relativement bon marché, mais même à ce prix on trouve facilement beaucoup mieux.
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9/14/2018 - graemeg wrote:
Etihad Business Class & Lounges; 9/9/2018-9/14/2018 (Sydney, Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt): {screwcap} Lots of oak & butter. The palate has a fair bit of slithery oak texture, less tannic than buttery. Actually light on for grape flavours; it’s a bit neutral with a bit of melon. Light/medium body; not as heavy as the nose seems to indicate. Dry, with all the (short-lived) finish on the front palate (Etihad Business Lounge T3 Abu Dhabi).
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9/4/2018 - Susaninaustin wrote:
Tasted more like a Chablis- 2
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7/8/2018 - Orlandus wrote: 90 Points
On opening this seemed like nothing special, just another so so chardonnay. But after a few days in the fridge it began to take on more complexity-- kind of a flinty character as well as more complex fruit. I kept drinking it until it was gone and perhaps the surprise of finding new elements makes my rating perhaps a tad too generous. But I'm sure going to give this wine another try.
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7/9/2017 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 87 Points
Cheap chardonnay from Chile that scored so well from somebody that everybody had to run out and get some. OK. Just OK. Best thing is the price. Second best thing is the wine.
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5/21/2017 - poste244 Does not like this wine: 82 Points
À l'aveugle je ne n'aurais jamais deviné que ce jus pâle et presqu'inodore est fait de Chardonnay. En bouche, ça ne s'améliore pas. Très acide et quasi sans saveur. On a l'impression de boire de l'eau additionnée d'acide citrique. Un jus auquel James Suckling aurait accordé 92 points si je me fies à l'autocollant sur la bouteille. Ça confirme que M. Suckling et moi n'avons pas les mêmes goûts ni la même éthique...
La seule "vertu" de ce blanc est d'être relativement bon marché, mais même à ce prix on trouve facilement beaucoup mieux.
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