Inspired by Dale's selfless act of opening a K-J Chard, we tonight opened a bottle of the 2007 Yellowtail Chardonnay that a friend had given us a while ago. My one previous encounter with it, vcry early on in the history of the brand, was a pleasant one, so I approached this wine without too much dread. Indeed, it wasn't grotesque, showing a bit of appley fruit, only a hint of oak and no buttery malolactic remnants but also a bit of residual sugar. Our main reason for opening it was Jean's desire for a low-acid white, something that we're not overly endowed with here. It fit the bill admirably and was drinkable if not exactly memorable.
Your reporter in the trenches, Mark Lipton