Best buttery white for under $20
Written: Dec 09 '99 (Updated Dec 09 '99)
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Pros: Creamy, buttery, and smooth
Cons: A bit on the expensive side
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| klaws's Full Review: Franciscan Oakville Estate Chardonnay 1997 |
For those into wine terms, this wine is creamy, buttery & toasty with hints of Apricot & Oak flavorings.
For the rest of us, though, all that translates into "this is a great tasting wine". We tend to drink it by itself rather than at meals, because it has such a distinctive flavor. The biggest danger is that after you have one glass, you tend to automatically pour yourself (or ask for) another since it is a very smooth wine. The "buttery" flavor means that it is very slick on your tongue (almost oily, but in a good way), and it is a nice sensation.
You should not drink this wine if you like sweeter wines or if you don't appreciate big, buttery wines.
It does not have any of the nasty bite that cheaper white wines can have, and is not to sweet. You can certainly get better white wines, but for a good, somewhat high-end wine, this is it. Great to serve before dinner or at cocktail parties, and certainly very good to bring to a host's house for dinner.
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Member: Kevin Laws
Location: San Francisco
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