Just got back from Wynn's and DiGiorgio, our arvo tasting stops. We've learnt a good few things about wine this trip I say. I can now say we know our way around a Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, we've now got a really good sense of the differences between shiraz from the hunter, rutherglen and here. I also had something confirmed that I already knew which is the fact that I like heavily oaked chardonnay. Apparently this is not so fashionable. A guy that was at a DiGiorgio while we were reckoned that the chardonnay I bought was not as good as the other one on offer because apparently "it had stronger fruit characters which handled the oak a lot better"... whatever.
Unwooded chardonnays are for pussies. Without oak they're nothin, just boring. Perhaps to more conservative, less adventurous palates no wood, or worse - more politely wooded chardonnays might be nice but what do you learn politeness? Niceness doesn't warrant comment or make you think. Nobody talks about the "pleasant" bank teller, or the "nice" landscape. It's the aggressive waiter or the offensive photograph that we remember and talk about later. I like my chardonnay the same way hate my hospitality staff: big; a little fruity; and likely to whack you in the mouth with big stick! Grow up chardonnay drinkers, get some wood!
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