Wine Shop: By Varietal

1. 2008 Alamos Mendoza, Argentina Chardonnay

This lightly-oaked wine offers aromas and flavors of sweet flowers, ripe citrus, apple, pear and a hint of vanilla.

2. 2006 Au Bon Climat Chardonnay Santa Barbara

The light-textured, well-drained, sandy-loam soils cultivated here nourish our low-yielding vines to set clusters with small berries, intense with flavor, color and concentration, all essential qualities for top-level wines.

3. 2008 Big Ass Napa Chardonnay

If you love red delicious apples, you’ll love this wine. That delectable flavor is joined by notes of coconut and oak, all leading to a tasty toasty finish.

4. 2008 Bridge Trail California Chardonnay

This wine offers apple, pear, melon and fig notes, with a mild toasty oak finish.

This wine featured in American Cellars Wine Club

5. 2008 Calina Chardonnay

This Chilean bargain ranks consistently as our favorite under $8 white wine... it's loaded with tropical fruit and has surprising texture for the money. Try it before dinner or with your favorite grilled white fish.

6. 2006 Chateau Felice Chalk Hill Chardonnay

The Chalk Hill growing area of Sonoma County provided the grapes for this full-bodied wine, which showcases impressions of red delicious apple, pineapple, mango, lemon, almond and caramel.

7. 2007 Foxglove Chardonnay

Perhaps the great value in Chardonnay in the marketplace today... with malolactic blocked but with lees stirring...provides terrific notes of tropical fruit and poached pear in a fleshy, medium-bodied style with obvious minerality and precision.

8. 2007 Good Daughter Chardonnay – North Coast

Juicy apples, pears, and pineapple. A touch of cream and toasty oak on the finish. Yummy with Roasted chicken, corn salad, salmon with mango salsa.

9. 2007 Luli Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay

Bright and fresh aromatics leap out of the glass. The aromas are full of white flowers, minerality, meyer lemon peel. The wine coats the palate nicely and the crisp acidity is very cleansing and refreshing.

10. 2008 Man Vintners Coastal South Africa Chardonnay

This Chardonnay, crafted by three longtime winemaker friends, showcases aromas and flavors of green apple, butterscotch, melon, tropical fruit and citrus.

11. 2008 Mayfield California Chardonnay

This food-friendly wine shows off aromas and flavors of pear, pineapple, melon and honey, leading to a toasty finish.

This wine featured in American Cellars Wine Club

12. 2008 Monogamy Chardonnay – North Coast

Fruity aromas of apple, pear and pineapple lead to flavors of the same with a touch of butterscotch. Creamy and moderate acidity, with a slight toasty finish.

13. 2008 Old School Lane California Chardonnay

This Chardonnay, which also includes Chenin Blanc and Muscat in the blend, offers notes of apple, pear, lemongrass, melon and toast.

14. 2007 Qupe Chardonnay

Wine buyer's notes: Syrah master Bob Lindquist also makes lush and tropical Chardonnay from a favorite parcel in the Bien Nacido Vineyard: fine acidic balance keeps it fresh and vibrant, offering a balanced and lengthy white at a very fair price.

15. 2007 Rombauer Chardonnay Carneros

Apple, peach, and tropical fruit flavors weave together in a nice range of flavors that linger on the palate ending with a long, crisp, fruity aftertaste. The oak tones from both barrel fermentation and aging are nicely melded into the flavor and finish of the wine.

16. 2008 Solex Mendocino Chardonnay

Viscous yet surprisingly refreshing, this wine from Mendocino County has a rich red apple flavor, joined by toasty oak in the finish.

This wine featured in American Cellars Wine Club

17. 2007 Sonoma Station Sonoma County Chardonnay

This food-friendly wine showcases notes of vanilla, toasty oak, honey, crème brulee, baked apple and minerals.

18. 2007 Tilia Chardonnay

The nose offers pineapple and mango fruit aromas with light notes of citrus blossom. The mouthfeel is bright and crisp, with concentrated pear and banana fruit flavors with layers of cinnamon from light oak aging. The finish is clean and fresh with excellent acidity.

19. 2007 White Cottage Napa Valley Chardonnay

Rich, creamy and beautifully balanced, this wine offers aromas and flavors of apple, crisp pear, honeydew melon and toasty oak.

20. Guy Harvey California Chardonnay

This California Chardonnay reveals layers of aromas and flavors, including baked apple pie, cinnamon, zesty tangerine, lemon, honey and toast.