Originally Posted by
itsmeitisss
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.
I too will reject any Australian wine with Chardonnay written on the label. In Aus it soecixiallsp means this style of winemaking and markets itself to folks who are Not Me.
If they don't write Chardonnay on the label to hide the varietal in Aus, it's an indication they're not going to spread a thick layer of butter around my mouth, and I will happily try it to see if I'll like it.
I am Australian myself, so I have context upon which to make this judgrmenj.