2004 Monterra Chardonnay

$10

Rating: ♠ ♠ ½

On my way home tonight I dropped by Vendome, friendliest wine shop in The Valley, to pick up a bottle for a special tasting at the office tomorrow. Okay, technically it’s a meeting and not a tasting, but we’ll be discussing Vinapedia, and how could I not serve wine? (For the record, my day job is at Yahoo! Search Marketing.) For the meeting I chose a Burgundy in honor of one of the meeting goers, who comes to our team from France.

But more on the Burgundy after I’ve tried it, tomorrow.

I also picked up a cheap Chard to enjoy with my chow mein and eggroll dinner. This being Vendome, I reckoned that, no matter how little I spent, I’d probably be satisfied: I was.

While the dryish 2004 Monterra Chardonnay doesn’t exactly come at you with a whole lot up front (a little pear, maybe) it offers a nice bit of nut and oak on the mid-palate and a little citrus on the finish. Not bad for ten bucks and certainly a good wine for a little Chinese food.