Hello everyone! I hope y'all are doing very well this week and I hope y'all had an especially wonderful Valentines Day!
During this past week, I tried the Chardonnay by Coastal from Trader Joe's, courtesy of my friend visiting town from an area that has Trader Joe's. Blacksburg does not have one unfortunately :(
This bottle was vintage 2023 of the white grape variety, Chardonnay. These grapes come from the Coastal vineyard of the Central Coast town of California. The owners of this winery is The Bronco Wine Company and they supply many of Trader Joe's private-labeled wines. The price of this wine was $7.99 which is quite easy given its taste.
My experience with this wine started out with having a few friends over who were visiting from the working world as they're alumni! Chilling the wine in the fridge for a few hours first left the wine quite crisp and cool. We were all looking forward to trying this wine!
After the pour, smelling the glass, I noticed some upfront scents and aromas. These included apple and citrus, almost lemon-like (97, "Wine Folly"). Tasting this beverage gave me flavors of lemon. I could not taste much else besides this but the wine was crisp and clean in its finish. It kind of had a high acidity in its flavor and was not dry. This wine was un-oaked so I was not expecting any of the usual California vanilla/oak flavors that come along with California Chardonnay's (97, "Wine Folly"). But I wish it was aged in an oak barrel. I do prefer the complex profile of those Chardonnay's. A lot of the flavors I was expecting felt removed or non-existent in this wine. The body of the wine was light and had very low tannin feel to it.
The Club Trader Joe's website described the taste of this wine as follows: "There are some clues on the back label for this wine... mention 'melon and peach notes on a crisp clean finish'. When I smelled and tasted it, I definitely got some of that but it was not overly aromatic... I could feel the acid and it had a pretty good mouthfeel. But, when I swallowed it the flavors I expected were muted. You can tell that in the vineyard they are growing more grapes per acre than other high-quality wines. This dilutes the flavors... I think there are better wines in under $10 a bottle of wine that Trader Joe’s sells" (https://www.clubtraderjoes.com/trader-joes-coastal-chardonnay-wine-review/)
Thank you to those reading these posts and I look forward to my next wine tasting with friends and/or family.
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