| The chardonnay grape grows pretty much in | | | | regions. They can also display earthy flavors such |
| every wine producing country of the world for | | | | as mushrooms or minerals. It has a medium to |
| two reasons: It is very adaptable to a wide range | | | | high acidity and generally full-bodied and classically |
| of climates and having Chardonnay on the label of | | | | chardonnay wines are dry. However, most |
| wine is shoe in to be a great seller. | | | | inexpensive Chardonnays these days can be |
| Most Chardonnays receive some oak treatment | | | | found to be quite sweet. |
| either during or after fermentation. The best | | | | Chardonnay is a grape that can stand on its own |
| Chardonnays are treated in French oak while the | | | | in a wine and the top Chardonnay based wines |
| lower priced ones can possibly be soaked with | | | | are made from a hundred percent chardonnay |
| oak chips or have an oak flavor added. Okay | | | | grapes, however, some of the more less |
| chardonnay is such the norm that that some wine | | | | expensive wines are likely to have a cheaper |
| drinkers confuse the flavor of oak with the flavor | | | | varietal blended in with it to reduce the cost of |
| of Chardonnay. If your glass of chardonnay smells | | | | making it. |
| or tastes toasty, smoky, spicy, vanilla-like or | | | | Chardonnay is a regal grape for its role in |
| butterscotch-like, that's the oak you are | | | | producing the greatest dry white wines in the |
| perceiving not the Chardonnay. | | | | world and for being one of the main grapes of |
| Chardonnay predominately have fruity aromas | | | | champagne. But mostly today it ends up in a huge |
| and flavors that range from apples in cooler wine | | | | amount of table wine. |
| regions to tropical fruits like pineapples in warmer | | | | |