A whole lot of wine drinkers will tell you they don't like Chardonnay. It even has a name, ABC, Anything But Chardonnay. At the very least they'll tell you they don't like buttery Chardonnay. Why? Because they've been told to hate Chard. So how do you explain the fact that it's still the top selling wine in America?
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Chardonnay was
the wine in the 1980s as California wines took off in popularity. Specifically, the barrel-aged oaky and buttery flavored ones. Along came the
French Paradox and it was Merlot. Then came the movie
Sideways and it was Pinot Noir. Chard got to be a joke with it being your mom's drink or
Cougar juice.
We've been told, we've been made fun of, for liking the big, rich, lush Chardonnays. So we drink them in secret apparently because Chardonnay way outsells the next most popular white wine, Pinot Gris/Grigio.
It was this "California style" oaky, buttery Chard that completely owned the market at one time. There are still lots of wineries that make it this way, but there are more and more making a leaner, "French style" one. Both ways seem to be coexisting.
The problem is if you're trying to (secretly) buy one which style are you getting? You usually can't tell from the label.
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