Tasting Deux: Grayson Cellars Chardonnay

Name: Grayson Cellars
Variety: Chardonnay
Region: California
Country: United States
Year: 2014
Price: $10 per glass or $35 per bottle
Location: The Pritchard Wine Bar

Critics' Review:
"A lush, medium-bodied wine with an extroverted personality, this starts with aromas like butter, vanilla and toasted baguette, then emphasizes ripe pear and yellow-peach flavors. A soft texture and lingering finish completes the picture".
https://www.wine.com/product/grayson-cellars-chardonnay-2014/159141

"The 2014 Grayson Chardonnay is brilliantly ripe and shows bright, brisk acidity and good minerality with notes of pineapple and apricot. The palate offers green apple fruit with a crisp finish showing gentle hints of apple pie and vanilla flavors".
https://www.chamberswines.com/wine.php?wineid=PVL500_14

My Review:

I was able to imbibe this wine during the same outing when I had the Angeline Pinot Noir. Both obviously different, specifically this one being of the chardonnay variety. This wine is a great example of a starter wine because it is a reasonable price per glass, and the flavors mix well for a white wine. This chardonnay had buttery flavors as well as light hints of fruit, but I noticed more of the "butter, toasted baguette" flavors the first critic's review explained. I tend to think that most chardonnays have a toast-like flavor, or as I call it "a burn" or "charcoal" taste. However, the wine itself went down very smoothly, so it seems the mixture of tannins produced a combination of mouthful experiences. I enjoyed Grayson Cellars Chardonnay because of this unique experience, and would definitely recommend!