Oak-free Chardonnay

[mrdutton]

I found a nice, fruity Chardonnay from the Western Loire Valley. Plenty of fruit with a lemony/citrus finish, this young, fresh Chadonnay had no oak. (Stain-less steel might have had something do do with that [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] )

The wine was made by the Couillaud family which owns the Chateau de la Ragotiere in the Muscadet region of the western Loire.

I picked it up for about $8.50 a bottle. It is a 1998 Domaine de Bernier Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France.

I had it with "dinner" tonight which was a light affair - a seafood salad submarine sandwich. Non-the-less it was a good bottle of wine!