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WINE SELECTIONS • CHARDONNAYS
++++ (88) Alamos Chardonnay 2011 (Ar-
gentina). Smooth and round; tropical fruits with
a clean, bright fresh fi nish. ($9)
++++ (88) Francois
Labet Pouilly Fuisse
2012 (France). Full bodied and dry with crisp
acidity that has hints of apples and stone fruits;
a well-defi ned minerality that leaves the palate
clean and refreshed. ($22)
++++ (88) Giguiere Musque Dunnigan Hills
Chardonnay 2011 (California). This Musque
clone chardonnay has beautiful aromas of hon-
eysuckle and orange with fl avors of apricot and
honey. ($15)
++++ (88) Route Stock Chardonnay 2011
(California). Car
neros fruit, medium-bodied
with nicely balanced peach, butter and oak
notes; a fi ne value. ($12)
++++ (87) Ghost Pines Chardonnay 2010
(California). A fair amount of tropical fruits
and a little bit of oak lead into crisp clean fi n-
ish; pair with a great piece of grilled salmon.
($18)
++++ (87) Hardy's South Eastern Austra-
lia, Nottage Hill Chardonnay 2012 (Australia).
Mild melon and balsam aromas fi
ll the nose and
there is a light hint of cream; medium bodied with
balsam note framing the palate while slightly tart
pear and peach fl avors mingle with tropical fruit
fl avors; a bit of meringue in the aftertaste. ($12)
++++ (87) Frusion
Orange Chardonnay NV
(California). A pale bouquet of fl ower petals
leads into a palate that is straight-up orange,
but like freshly peeled fruit as opposed to a sug-
ary drink; it deftly avoids being overwrought or
fl abby, and lingers quite nicely in the aftertaste;
traditionalists may snicker, but for what it is, it
does the job nicely. ($9)
++++ (86) F
our Vines Santa Barbara
County Naked Chardonnay 2011 (California).
Citrus aroma; citrus fl avors of lemon, lime and
some peach. ($11)
ADVERTISERS' INDEX
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Absolut ....................................... Back cover
Bacardi ..............................................16-17
Beam Inc. .................................................. 9
Cecchetti Wine Company ........................ 37
DFV Wines .............................................. 43
Diageo Wines .......................................... 19
Doña Paula Estate Malbec ....................... 39
E&J Gallo Wines .............. Inside back cover
entwine ................................................... 41
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey ................ 5
Ménage à Trois ......................................... 7
Midnight Moon Moonshine ...................... 35
Mionetto USA .......................................... 27
Patrón .............................. Inside front cover
Prairie Organic Spirits ............................ 31
RumChata ............................................... 29
Seagram's Gin ........................................ 23
Serrallés USA .......................................... 33
Stolichnaya ............................................. 11
Tito's Handmade Vodka .......................... 25
Wente Chardonnay .................................. 21
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