Chardonnay vs. Chablis

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If the bottle was Almaden, I can guarantee the contents weren't Chablis. In fact all that Almaden will say about their Chablis is that's made from the fermented juice of grapes with white skins. Here's an excerpt about Chablis from another site:

"Chablis" is a little different story. It's not a grape. In France, it's a Chardonnay made in the region called Chablis, and it's fairly expensive. For a long time, inexpensive white wines made in the U.S. were called "Chablis" also, even though they weren't made from the same grape. Nowadays, this practice has almost died out, except for a few "jug" wines like Almaden Mountain Chablis (which is a pretty nice cheap picnic wine, by the way), so you won't see an American wine called Chablis much any more, and if you do, you're probably better off to avoid it.