TN: '97 Maryland Chardonnay

[Van The Man]

Bucko -

As I referred to "vanilla and cream," you were thinking heavy California! But that's not the case here. This wine was lighter in style, the opposite of California and those components were in check and balanced.

ML will yield those components. And there's nothing wrong with 100% ML provided the acids and the weight of the fruit was right in the first place.

When you get a premier cru white Burg, these wines are more often than not put through a 100% ML and dressed up in oak. The difference is that with a cooler climate, they have the malic acid to balance this out. The California chards never had a chance 'cause the acids were gone in the first place.

So when you get one of these beauties, it's a nice deal!