Lees and oak elements along with slightly candied apple and pear-like fruit are presented in the youthful aromas of this well-filled wine. Apples, melons, vanilla and toast all emerge from its neatly layered flavors. Sustains plenty of interest through to a lingering finish.

Recommended. One of the better efforts by this Sonoma winery. Tropical fruit aromas and toasty oak flavors, good complexity.

Fresh, lively, elegant and creamy.

Among my top three Chardonnays.

The best Chard the K-J folks have turned out, and they've made some of the greats. Rich, fruity, seductive aromas yield to a mouthful more complex than Donald Trump's tax return. Round, smooth, with gobs of citrus and tropical fruits, it's absolutely delicious, perfect as an aperitif (our way) or with rich fish dishes (also our way).

Rich, dry, crisp, orange and pineapple flavors.

Elements of ripe apples are evident in the rich and outgoing flavors of this attractive and very accessible Chardonnay. Smooth and creamy on the palate, yet balanced by adequate acidity, the wine is long, clean and fruity.

Smooth, soft, lush and round.

Smooth, rich, delicious and slightly buttery, with good acidity and a long, spicy finish. A lot of Chardonnay for the money.

Blossomy, faintly tropical fruit slowly blooms behind more immediate elements of vanilla and creamy oak in the sweet and intriguing aromas.

Wonderful. Beguiling. Just the wine to pour for equally memorable occasions.

Clean, well-focused aromas of citrus, crisp apples and sweet oak lead to attractive, medium-deep flavors whose creaminess and oaky spice serve as accents to very solid varietal fruit. Slightly rounded in feel with a pleasant sense of glyceriney richness, the wine hangs on for a lengthy finish brightened by well-placed notes of fruity acid.

Rich oak and toasty elements suggestive of roasted grain surround a solid measure of flowery, apple-like fruit in the aromas, while the deep flavors feature youthful, well-ripened fruit set against lots of oaky spice. Medium-full-bodied and slightly rounded feel, the wine shows good length and finishes with fruit and oak sharing the spotlight. A year to two of age should bring added dimension to this already appealing effort.

Different Chardonnay styles offer enjoyment for warm weather (and all year) The 2018 Kendall-Jackson “Avant” is pure, fresh and slightly sweet.

Salut! Best of the Vancouver International Wine Festival BEST CHARDONNAY Chardonnay is undergoing a style tweak globally: the wine is fresher with brighter acidity and there is more lees contact for texture and complexity. The result is a much better wine with food which must be the goal of any wine in our estimation. Don’t worry about the end of that unabashed California Chardonnay style, it still exists and in its best format it is hard not to like. Don’t miss this list of standouts.

The Best 5 Wine Pairing That Go Perfectly With These Romance Novels 3. For Finding Hygge in a Bottle of Wine and a Book The Magnolia Inn, the home Jolene Broussard has now inherited is a lot like this Kendall Jackson Chardonnay. Warm with an aroma of vanilla and honey, you can almost smell the toasted oak and butter rounds from here. And like The Magnolia Inn it'll resonate with you thanks to that delicious lingering finish. So open a cold bottle and snuggle up in your favorite chair, Jolene is about to fall in love with rugged carpenter Tucker Malone and you're about to have a favorite new wine.

Raise Your Glass: A Chardonnay of mass appeal Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay has stayed on the top of the U.S. sales charts every year since it was introduced in 1983, but it’s not the same white wine that hit the market 36 years ago. The 2017 Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay is crisp, dry and has subtle flavors of pineapple, mango and papaya with slight aromas of vanilla and toasted oak, the tasting notes say. The wine also has received a 90-point rating on a 100-point scale from Wine Enthusiast magazine. ...I’m not a wine snob. I write about good $10-a-bottle wine, but I’m a fan of dry wines. I stayed away from Kendall-Jackson wines for so long that I couldn’t remember exactly why. Most likely, I subconsciously dismissed the wines as being cheap and sweet... Recently, I found the Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay on sale for $10.95 and bought a bottle. It’s a remarkable wine, nothing like what I had imagined.

Elevate your wine with these sure fire cheese pairings from Toronto’s Cheese Boutique The Wine: 2017 Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay, California The Cheese: Emmi 2-Year-Old Kaltbach Cave-Aged Gruyère, Switzerland As an archetypal and widely available example of wooded Chardonnay, we poured Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve—fermented and aged in French and American oak. On its own, it suggests cooked apple laced with toasted hazelnut and crème brûlée. But with the 2-year-old gruyère, the wine becomes noticeably brighter and more tropical with notes of banana and mango emerging—without masking the oak influence.

8 Wines To Pair With Chocolate For Valentine’s Day Pair with: Chocolate-drizzled popcorn balls Buttery chardonnay is style that’s quintessentially Napa Valley; the wine’s rich toastiness and long-lasting finish come from putting the grapes through a secondary (malolactic) fermentation to soften the acidity and round out the flavors. This popular bottle of chardonnay is vibrant, complex, and, of course, buttery, making it exceptionally food-friendly. Bust out the chocolate-drizzled popcorn balls (ideally sprinkled with red and pink M&Ms) and it’s truly a match made in heaven.

National Chardonnay Day, The K-J Way Always one of the most elegant and well-balanced of the “popular” Sonoma Chardonnays, it shows lots of buttery, tropical fruit, baked apple, clove, and macadamia nut on the nose, with a rich but well-balanced layering of sweet pear, mild vanilla, and a dollop of caramel. National Chardonnay Day may have came and went, but that’s no reason to stop enjoying Chardonnay-based wines … and the Kendall-Jackson “Vintner’s Reserve” Chardonnay 2017 is a great place to start.

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Santa Barbara Chardonnay And Pinot Noir Are Made By The Ocean 2017 Kendall-Jackson Estate Camelot Vineyard Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley: orchard fruit, floral, salinity, dried herbs, lean and savory.

Wines made for restaurants solve dilemma One sophisticated such program was launched two years ago without fanfare by Kendall-Jackson, whose popular, widely available Vintners’ Reserve Chardonnay, with a California designation, sells for a suggested retail price $17. I have seen it on restaurant wine lists for $30 to $35. The 2016 Jackson Estate Chardonnay from Santa Maria Valley is offered to restaurants with a suggested wine-list price of $39. It is richly flavored with aromatics of tropical fruit and barrel aging. When served slightly chilled, it works nicely with food.

Perfect Pairings Delightfully tropical with mango, papaya and pineapple with citrus notes, intertwined with aromas of vanilla and honey for depth and balance. A hint of oak and butter makes for a lovely, lingering finish.

For the past 25 years, Kendall-Jackson's Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay has ranked as the top-selling Chardonnay in the United States. Even more impressive, all of that volume comes entirely from family owned hillside vineyards that stretch along the California coastline. The winemaking team points out that Monterey County fruit contributes citrus flavours, Mendocino County provides green apple notes and Sonoma County imparts ripe pear. Further south, Santa Barbara County supplies riper tropical notes. This coastal blend is fermented and aged in French and American oak barrels for added richness and complexity. Careful sur lie aging with monthly stirring to keep the wine in contact with the dead yeast cells enhances the texture and creamy flavour. The smooth texture and polished, fruity character makes this easy to appreciate. Party planners take note. Four stars.