Originally Posted by
Worcester
Reminds me of the time my former boss went off on one about wines saying among other things we has an ABC (Anything But Chardonnay). I asked him what he thought of Pouilly-Fuissé and were treated to a short lecture of the delights of this particular wine and how many bottles he had. The effect though was somewhat damped when someone else pointed out that Pouilly-Fuissé uses exclusively Chardonnay grapes...
I suspect on reflection he had got confused with Pouilly-Fumé but he did look a bit of a pratt. He was on the whole quite a nice chap otherwise.
I can be an ABC man. Mainly because it is too often over-oaked in Australian and some Californian wineries because people drink it too cold and then complain they don't taste much flavour. Up comes the wood filings in vats which makes a once fresh chardonnay into a peach melba ice cream sundae.