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Let’s Get Naked Chardonnay!

Today marks Wine Blogging Wednesday #36, and the theme is Naked Chardonnay.  That’s defined as any chardonnay that has never touched oak.  These are also typically chardonnays that haven’t gone through malolactic fermentation.  Malolactic fermentation is a process that converts malic acid to lactic acid which will reduce the overall acidity and gives typical chardonnays their buttery characteristic.
Naked [...]

August 8th, 2007 | Posted in Australian Wine, Californian Wine, Chardonnay, New Zealand Wine, South African Wine, Spanish Wine, White Wines, Wine Blogging Wednesday | 1 Comment

Brancott Gisborne Unoaked Chardonnay

I’ve started tasting wines for the upcoming Wine Blogging Wednesday #36.  And since I have five wines that I’ll be reviewing,  I thought I would go ahead and preview one of them.  Truth be told, I’m previewing this one mostly because I had such a great meal with this wine and I want to share [...]

August 1st, 2007 | Posted in Chardonnay, New Zealand Wine, Recipes, White Wines | 1 Comment