Wine Of The Week - 2004 Benzinger Chardonnay

This Sonoma Chardonnay is uncharacteristic of California Chards, more French in style. The wine is light green in color, and tastes of crisp apples and a hint of tropical fruit. It is very dry for a California Chardonnay and not as full as most. There is, also, a slight hint of vanilla suggesting at least some exposure to oak. The wine has a good descriptive back label. My French son-in -law picked this up on sale at Safeway for only eight dollars.