Wine Tasting Blog: Yalumba 2011

My latest wine blog submission is a continued result of my exploration of white wines. I grabbed this one in a Kroger because it seemed to be relatively moderately priced, not super cheap and by no means expensive. It was around 16 bucks. I'm quick to grab 9 or 10 dollar bottles since once I break into the double digits it makes me feel like I'm spending a little too much for alcohol on a college budget. BUT this is for education purposes so whatever, This wine is a 2011 Yalumba Chardonnay from South Australia. And according to the labeled it comes from Australia's oldest family owned winery, plus its "unwooded", which spiked my interests.

Here is a quick review of this wine from wine spectator giving it 88 points:

"Fragrant with jasmine and ginger scents, this is a clean, tightly built Chardonnay to serve with cold cracked crab and prawns."


I Could not find many reviews about this wine which was kind of odd to me. But anyway, I sort of like it. In the glass this wine is super light in color, almost completely clear. My usual disclaimer: I do not know white wines. Having said that there was fruitiness in this wines aroma. And this may be my inexperience talking but I could also smell a bit of oak, even though this is an unwooded wine. These scents pretty much carried right over into the taste. The alcohol was virtually undetectable which made the wine go down pretty easy, and fast. It was also super dry which I am not too sure if I'm a huge fan of yet. I know I like reds a bit dryer (if that is possible) but I'm still unsure about this with whites. I also tasted this wine a three different occasions. The day I bought it, the next day, and then a week later. I would say that the only difference between the tastings on these occasions was that the alcohol became much less detectable. I have a feeling this is normal, but it made it more drinkable in my opinion. I probably wouldn't recommend this to a friend though and that's mostly because of the price. I know that 16 bones isn't all that much, but I have a feeling that there are a lot of wines that are just as good if not better than this one, and probably for less.