Domaine du Chardonnay Chablis 2006

On a recent visit to the Capital, we had half a bottle of a strangely named wine - Chablis, from Domaine du Chardonnay. It turns out that the wine is made from 100% chardonnay grapes, but the vineyard happens to be in the province and appellation of Chablis.

It was recommended by the Capital's sommelier as quite drinkable. We tried the tasting menu. I think it's quite hard to match a wine to a varied list of foods, but the sommelier tried his best and probably succeeded quite well.

Domaine du Chardonnay Chablis 2006
White wine
France (Chablis, Burgundy)
100% Chardonnay

Nosing: Peach, kiwi, new plastic.
Mouthfeel: Thin, light and watery. Very drinkable.
Tasting: Sweet sour, jasmine, peach, lemons.

The vineyard was created fairly recently, in 1987. It's is in the Chablis appellation, but for all that, they use 100% Chardonnay grapes for all their wines. They make Petit Chablis, a table wine, this Chablis, and 5 premier crus.

It was young and drinkable, but it matched the food by virtue of not being very interesting. I suppose taking this approach to its logical extension means that I should have drunk tap water to match the food. From that perspective it was slightly disappointing.