Written by A couple of days ago I ran an interested experiment. We had a bottle of French Chardonnay (from Costco) that I wanted to set up some sort of blind taste test with. It was a Pouilly-Fusse from Louis Latour Inc. I wasn’t that happy with the bottle, but I am a stereotypical Californian in that I tend to enjoy the oak/butter flavors that are typical of California Chardonnay and less of the fruit flavors that are more easily French, especially when fermented in steel instead of oak. A picture from the label:
A bigger issue was that the only other white wine I had in the house was a screw top individual pouch(from 7-11) that was given to me as a joke by a couple of friends. I had joked with them that I’d only stop by their house for a drink on my way to pick my sister in law up from the airport, if they actually had good wine (they drink great wine, usually) so the next time I saw them they showed up with this “bottle”. Honestly I’m not even really sure what to call the package.
Ok, so I asked my wife to review the two wines. Not surprisingly, since she has a habit of selecting the most expensive bottle in the bunch she was able to tell which bottle was French.
So my reviews of the wines-let’s start by saying I’m not the biggest white wine fan. Well, I do like Italian whites more, probably because they are typically more earthy and complex, but I wouldn’t buy either wine we tried again. Neither one was memorable, for the prices I wouldn’t expect that, but wine should be enjoyable and I didn’t enjoy either bottle.
