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This was just a random pickup at Whole Foods one day. The label design caught my eye, then I noticed the blend, then “Catalan” on the label. Wait, doesn’t Catalan refer to Spain… as in Catalonia? But this is French. That was interesting enough for me to plunk down my $11. I wasn’t sure when [...]

This is part 3 of my Unoaked Chardonnay series. Previous entries: Part 1 – Clos LaChance Unoaked Chardonnay 2007 Monterey County Part 2 – Toad Hollow Unoaked Chardonnay Francine’s Selection 2007 Mendocino County Four Vines Naked Chardonnay 2008 Santa Barbara County I originally intended this to be a 2 bottle series — just pick up two [...]

This is Part 2 of my Unoaked Chardonnay face-off: Toad Hollow Unoaked Chardonnay 2007 Francine’s Selection (Part 1 was the Clos LaChance Unoaked Chardonnay 2007 Monterey County.) I didn’t know this before I starting researching this post, but Toad Hollow is one of the pioneers of unoaked Chardonnay in the US, their first vintage being [...]

This is Part 1 of a series of posts on Unoaked Chardonnay.  (Part 2 — the Toad Hollow 2007 Mendocino County — is here) Unoaked is the way the cool kids are drinking Chardonnay these days.  I decided I’d pick up two widely available bottles this week and compare and contrast them. The first one [...]