Tasting - La Lejania Chardonnay

I finally got myself together and was able to do a wine tasting this week! It was my first real wine tasting and I got to volunteer as a wine pour-er after! So much fun!

There were five wines available this week: two reds and three whites. I was pleased to see that they were from all over the world, as so far I've restricted myself to French, Italian, and California wines only.

So here's my first entry from Thursday's wine tasting at Vintage Cellar:

Name: La Lejania Chardonnay
Variety: Chardonnay
Region: Central Valley, Chile
Country: Chile
Year: 2015
Price: $10.00 (Sale: $6.95)

Vintage Cellar review: "A refined and suave style, with a rich array of white fruit and cream flavors, featuring a plush texture. Ripe citrus and pear notes fill the smooth finish."

My review: Can I just say that I'm impressed by the people who write wine reviews? A "plush texture"? Ok... But anyway, I noticed first that this wine had a nice pale gold color. In the nose I detected tree fruit scents like apple, and I embarrassingly wrote down "scents of grape"... Well, duh. (Major props to Vintage Cellar for having copies of that handy-dandy aroma wheel, which helped my incapable self to put what I was tasting/smelling into words!) I found this wine to be acidic on initial taste with citrus notes that came through in the mid-palate. It had a pleasingly smooth finish. I liked this wine, but it wasn't anything special to me. Would drink again, but probably wouldn't buy.

This was tasted without food!