Tasting- Old Coach Road Chardonnay (Week 5)

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Name: Old Coach Road Chardonnay

Variety: Chardonnay

Region: South Island

Country: New Zealand

Year: 2009

Price: $14.95

Vintage Cellar Review:"This is a delightfully satisfying wine full of ripe chardonnay fruit characters intertwined with smooth, supple, spicy oak.  The palate is full and textured, with a clear definition and long lasting flavours."

My Review:This chardonnay has a nice, light buttery golden color.  There are grape and apple scents.  It's a fairly crisp wine with apple and grape tastes that are sweet with a hint of spice.  You don't really taste any oak until the aftertaste, when it really hits you all of a sudden.  It's a very different and interesting wine.  I think it would be good for easing into oaky wines if you're not usually a fan of them.  I usually don't love the oaky wines, but this was pretty good because you could enjoy the sweet and fruity aspects of the wine without being distracted by oak flavor, but then you still get a bit of the oak in at the very end of the taste.  Overall, it's not my favorite wine, but it was good.  It's possibly the first oaky wine I've tried that I didn't dislike. 

Pairings: I did not try this with food, but it might be good with some kind of chicken or pork tenderloin.