Paringa Chardonnay 2007, South Australia

Whilst on the aforementioned wine run in my last post, (during which my mom and I picked up the killer Spanish red mentioned below) Mom got involved in a World Market wine tasting.  Usually, they have some pretty good samples, but sometimes they're just.... trying to sell you some wine they don't think they can sell otherwise, to be perfectly frank.  So I'm thinking the Paringa Chard falls into that latter category.  Mom immediately liked it when she tasted it.  I'd given her the flavor profile: "It's from Australia, Chardonnay in the South Australia region is usually big, bold, and sweet.  Very heavy on the fruit and butter."  The response of the snarky wine lady, "No, not at all. This wine has no taste of butter whatsoever."  Me (in my head): "Whatever lady.  When you have a wine blog read by thousands of people, let me know."

So, guess who was right?  If your money was on me, you made a good bet.  The nose on it was just like I thought it would be, big, bright, and fruity, almost to the point of smelling like a perfume.  Slight overkill.  The taste was a lot of the same.  It was acidic and superfruity with a cloying buttery sweetness that stuck on your tongue in an almost metallic sort of way.  Not really my style, but not awful.  Does pack a tipsy punch though, so that's a plus ;)

Varietal: 100%  Chardonnay

Alcohol: 14% 

Origin: South Australia (sort of vague hmm?)

Price: ~$8 at World Market

Rachel's Grade: B/B-  I think I'm biased here, because I'm not a huge fan of Austrlian Chards, but I'm trying to be fair. I think it's overdone, but for those ladies out there who like their wine as sweet as sweet can be, (and I know quite a few) pick up a bottle of this.  The price is nice, but the wine isn't as much.  Tradeoff.  I personally would put that $8 towards a Spanish red, but you all know how I feel about Spanish reds... :)