Day 53: Palette Ridge 2006 Chardonnay Santa Barbara, California

I don’t usually look forward to the bottles of white that I buy. I’ve found that reds fall into favor with me much more effortlessly than do whites. That said, this bottle of Chardonnay was appropriate as I paired it with a seafood meal this evening.

Palette is an ’06 California Chard that strikes me as a pretty standard chardonnay. The color is pretty clear. The nose is light and fruity. The taste is full of mild citrus and is moderately sweet. All in all, a very pleasant wine, but nothing that gets me overly excited.

As far as my white wine tasting has gone, Palette ranks pretty well. It’s one of the better wines I’ve tried, but it really doesn’t have enough to differentiate itself from the world of Cali Chards — a world of decent but not exceptional wine in my experience. Palette: C-/C