About the Wine: The pertinent question in California Chardonnay is "How over oaked is it?" This has become such a problem with California Chardonnay that some experts have recommended regulation to stop it. Such controls are common in European wine making but the idea is fairly shocking to the American wine industry. This is a link to the winery website http://www.sbwinery.com/
About THIS Wine: The wine is hay colored in the glass with no distinct rim. Oak dominates the nose, though hints of peach and salt air are also present. The palate is very oaky, so much so that it is hard to taste anything else. The creamy finish that most people associate with oaky Chardonnay is absent and there is a tingly, lemon finish instead.
Drinking This Wine: This is too big for a sipping wine but it lacks the buttery qualities that make oaky Chardonnay good with chicken and lobster. It might work with seafood pasta.
Overall Impression: This wine is overly bold without much complexity. It would be fine for ten dollars but at fourteen it is overpriced.
by Ben Stiebel
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