2000 Chardonnay tastes like Barleywine style beer - The Athan Zafirov Wine Blog

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2000 Chardonnay tastes like Barleywine style beer

Hello everybody,

I'm new here so let me know if this is the wrong place for this. I dug into some of my parents wine collection for something I could grab for the night, and found an unassuming Chardonnay from down the road in Graton, CA. My folks have some wine but they're not hobbyists, so it's 50/50 if it's been stored properly over the years.

This Chardonnay has deepened in color to almost ocher, and the flavor is giving some barleywine notes. It's definitely lost some of it's original character, but I'm really enjoying the nutty, beer, hay, etc. notes

Can anyone explain how this happens? Like how it happens chemically in the aging process. I've never tasted a wine like this, but I immediately clocked the flavor as something I've had from Sierra Nevada.

thanks in advance yall





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