2 Bad Wines

We finally ran into a Russian River Valley Chardonnay that we didn't like.  I don't know if it was just a bad bottle or if Clos Du Bois Sonoma Reserve 2012  is just that bad.    The bottle we had the other night smelled like stinky feet.  As you lifted the glass of wine to your lips it had the distinct smell of dirty socks.  Apparently Clos Du Bois is French for stinky socks.  The taste was tolerable, but the smell just made it not worth drinking.  I couldn't get the stench of sock out of my nose.   As we have mentioned before  the Russian River Valley is like the Holy Lands as far as we are concerned, we hope to make a pilgrimage there someday.  I don't know where this wine went wrong?  Maybe instead of barrels the wine was aged in socks???   Maybe they bottled it right after the grape stomping???  I'm not sure what happened, but smelly sock wine is not on my  "buy that again" list.

Another recent Wine we were not impressed with was The Skinny Vine.   It describes itself as   The Slim Chardonnay.......Flavor that Flatters......NOT SO MUCH....

We like our Chardonnay buttery and this Chard was not.  It tasted like a bottle of Wine that your teenager had tried with her friends and then tried to hide the fact they were drinking  by filling up half the bottle with water.   Slim yes,  Good tasting NO.   Watered down is what it was.   Another wine for the...."Don't buy that again"  list

Three Recent Low Budget Wine Finds

A reasonably priced  Chardonnay that we stumbled across at our local Von's.   With a Von's Club  card this wine has been on sale for months for just around $3 a bottle and has replaced Two buck Chuck as one of our cheap every week wines.   It is a pleasant smooth  Chardonnay that is perfect for sitting on the patio in the early evening to beat the summer heat.   I guess we should change our name to the $3 Wine Connoisseur.

At Trader Joe's for around $5.99  there is a nice Chardonnay called Meridian from Napa Valley.  Another smooth buttery and enjoyable Chardonnay with a hint of honeysuckle and vanilla flavor that would go great with goat cheese.  It has become a regular in our wine rotation.

And finally at Trader Joe's is a wine called Three Knights (with a cool a label) for around $6.99.   It is from the Russian River Valley (our favorite wine region).   It is hard to find a Chardonnay from the Russian River Valley that we don't like and this no exception especially at this price.  

Tune in soon for many more Wine adventures.  We have been busy this year enjoying Wine and have a lot of blogging to catch up on including:  A Trip to Malibu,   A return to the Wine Bar at the Rio,   a cool wine bar in Seattle and a tasting event in Costa Mesa and much more.