Everyday CHardonnay Blind on Easter Sunday

I picked up some every day chards to have with appetizers and for dinner for the chardonnay clan. I decided to bag them up and blind taste them. I knew what two were due to odd bottle size and one screw cap but tried to stay open minded. Good group consensus on One thru seven.

Seven contestant wines, group consensus was pretty even and consistent.

• 2007 Charles Smith Chardonnay Eve 86 Points

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Mineral and apple nose. Tart, crisp, some oak. Nice. Very light color.

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• 2005 Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay Sonoma Coast 83 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

  Medicinal nose and flavors. Austere, a little earthy, light. flinty. SUrprised to see what it was.

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• NV Barefoot Cellars Chardonnay 83 Points

  USA, California

  Another light chard, a bit more flavor than the other light one (turned out to be Charles Shaw), no flaws, drinkable.

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• 2008 Snoqualmie Vineyards Chardonnay 87 Points

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Hnts of spice and apple on nose, fatter, rounder, fuller flavor. Some butter.

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• 2008 Charles Shaw International Chardonnay [Downunder] 83 Points

  Australia, South Eastern

  Very light, innocuous, no flaws. Light color, simple nose, even flavors. Chardonnay for sure, not fake, drinkable.

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• 2007 Ferrari-Carano Chardonnay Alexander Valley 90 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley

  Big nose and flavors. Oaky, buttery, full flavored. In your face sort of chard to love or hate. I thought t very full bodied and tasty. Maybe not a food wine for the faint of heart- certanly a great shellfish wine.

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• 2008 VINTJS Chardonnay Russian River Valley 87 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley

  Grassy and intersting troipcal nose. Crisp, flavorful, some oak, vanilla, some copmplexity. A nice little chard.

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Ferrari was by far the number one. Number two was split between Snowqualmie and Vintjs, I think the RRV wine got the nod on complexity. CHarles Smith's Eve was next, nice mineral and aplle components and acidity stood out. The last three were bunched, but we agreed fifth was the Sonoma Cutrer. Surprising. Medicianl flavors were almost off but it was intersting. Very light. Of the last two,m they were plain and simple but quite drinkable. Barefoots NV got the nod over Three Buck Chuck, but the down under Aussie Chread was not bad at all. No fakeness so apparent in the CS reds.