PHOTO COURTESY OF KENDALL-JACKSON WINERY, SANTA ROSA, CA
Tracing the evolution
Today's
Chardonnay
T
of chardonnay in the
U.S. market over the
past 30 years.
By Dan Berger
hirty years ago, an East Coast wine columnist described what he said was a great white Burgundy, a
Meursault if I recall correctly, that he had just tasted.
Michael Pakenham of the Philadelphia Inquirer must have used 30 or 40 different descriptors to describe the
multitude of aromas and flavors he found in the wine. I'm certain the description was valid for the style of wine then
in vogue.
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