Four Vines, Naked. Chardonnay

[Innkeeper]

2001 Four Vines, Naked, Chardonnay, Central Coast ($11 Blue Hill Wine Shop). What is Four Vines? From what I can tell, it is a boiler room in Paso Robles. That is where they are. They don’t have a street address or a route address, just a P.O. Box in PR. They are not on the Paso Robles Winegrowers website. They have a website of their own that does not tell you much more other than they make other wines too. The wines are “vinted and bottled” by them. Since they are distributed widely, and I did buy it locally; my guess is that they have a big brother. I also guess that bb starts with an M and ends with an N.

The grapes they got for this one had a lot of hang time. It weighs in at 14.3% alcohol. Now, for the good news. It is a very nice wine in the tradition of Unwooded Chards from OZ; and of course very big. Comes across with pears and apples on the nose and upfront, and full body across the palate, with a lovely finish. Matched it with temped fried chicken, blue cheese potato salad, and triple cheese Nachos. Highly recommended if it is your area too.