(September 19, 2016) … A Sparkling wine Friday starts off with a bottle of Two Sisters Lush (read review here), a beauty of a rose bubble that whet out appetite for more wine, and whites at that, so to the wine fridge I went to grab out a bottle of Southbrook 2010 Whimsy Lot 20 Chardonnay … this was a beauty and one of those Chardonnays I was completely enthralled with at the time of its release (to the tune of 4 1/2 stars) – sadly this particular bottle was a disaster with aromas of diaper pail, rancid garbage and oxidization; it was deep yellow in colour and trying to give it time just expanded the unappealing and atrocious flavours turning things into canned corn complete with tin; you just know I had to taste it and so … I won’t go on with what I found, but the finish was long lingering and awful – couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth, nor the smell out of my nose … was it just this bottle or had the wine gone completely bad, I’ll never know because I do not have another bottle to compare it to – if you have one try it and please let me know.
Moving on to a wine that I was sure would prove more interesting and drinkable I opened a more recent KEW Vineyard 2013 Old Vines Chardonnay, and yes it was a much better experience: pineapple, melon rind, lemon peel, hint of bitter melon, with some vanilla-hazelnut on the finish. Much better.
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Southbrook … KEW Vineyards