LET’S GET READY TO RUMMM-BLLLLE!!!! Today we continue our special California chardonnay week by reviewing the Clos du Bois 2009 chardonnay, which will cost you $12.
Bias alert! I’m doing this series because I don’t generally like California chardonnays — so if I can recommend one, it’s probably good enough for most people. I am not a normal, impartial judge of this kind of wine.
Et tu, Clos du Bois? This is the THIRD DAMN California chardonnay I’ve auditioned this week, and I can’t find one that I would buy again. What’s up, ladies and gentlemen? I guess I am just too cheap and too optimistic, as I have now tried chards priced at $11, $8, and $12.
What I got here was an aroma of “standard California chardonnay,” and a taste of — this was a shocker — “standard California chardonnay.” Admittedly, it tastes cleaner than Bogle or Kendall-Jackson. In fact Clos du Bois is not horrible, and does not slap you with grimace-producing chemical flavors, but the problem is, there’s just no reason to keep drinking it. Pale yellow in color, it had notes of oak, butter, grilled pears, broasted pineapple . . . oh who cares? Life is meaningless!
(Sorry about that.) And check this out: after 3 days in the fridge, this chardonnay transformed into some kind of flavored water. Monday night, when first opened: blah chardonnay. Thursday afternoon: yellow sports drink. I’m having some right now. Nothing. It’s vaguely buttery, and has a light spice. Whatever.
Looks like we’re going to have to up our game for the next California wine that we audition, ladies and gentlemen. CHOO CHOOOOOOOOOOO!! Here come the PAIN TRAIN, YO. As I commence a 2nd mortgage application on my house to purchase our next contender, today’s ordinary $12 California chardonnay is:
Not recommended.
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