Hawkstone Chardonnay 2006

FM brought this bottle over for lunch. We had roast chicken (marinated in yoghurt and harissa paste) and saffron rice. The wine was remarkably spicy for a white, and had an sweet, overtly alcoholic flavour that I couldn't describe - until I saw my bottle of mead. Very tasty indeed.

Hawkstone Chardonnay 2006 Special Release
White wine
USA (Central Valley, California)
Chardonnay

Nose: Mead, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, heather honey.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, quite thick for a white. The kind of wine you roll around your mouth.
Tasting: Sweet. Kiwi fruit, honeydew melon, vanilla, more mead. Very unusual for a white, almost has red wine flavours.

Not much available on the web about this maker. It's got a one page website, which seems to be a little out of date - the last award winning wine is a 2003, and received the award in 2006. Most of the wines seem to be from the Napa Valley, unlike this one. The Central Valley is a separate region altogether.