2005 Santa Barbara Winery Chardonnay
By Wine Atlas, Tuesday 23 January 2007 :: Wine - United-States :: #131 :: rss
Yet Another Reliable White from S.B.'s In Town Winery
The enjoyment of wine seems to go from exact (notes of vanilla and grass, for instance) to experiential, like how this 2005 Santa Barbara Chardonnay goes perfectly well with a French onion soup and green salad with ginger sesame dressing from Sojourner, followed by a dessert of tow-in surf and hip-hop DVDs.sb%20wine%20chard%202005.jpg Both types of wine enjoyment and writing make sense in their own regard, and I tend to prefer a mix of both, as evidenced above.
In this case, I find myself dwelling upon a bottle of this mixed-vineyard chard (specifically 10 percent Lafond, 46 percent Hill Top, 14 percent Byron, 10 percent Schied, and 20 percent Los Alamos) because it found its way to my house thanks to the Santa Barbara Winery's very busy wine club. They seem to send me a reminder to pick up my new stuff every other week or so, and I tend to oblige with speed, once I finally realized that they'd already charged me once I got the reminder.
I'm a member of far too many wine clubs, but the Santa Barbara Winery is one of my favorites, in part for the frequency of the orders, but moreso because the prices are always humbly reasonable. In this case, the 2005 Chardonnay is only $14, and I got it at even less due to the wine club discount. For me, that's cheap enough to enjoy on a weekday night that's got no special occasion, other than writing reviews of wines, music, film, and the like.
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