Tasting - Estrella Chardonnay

Name: Estrella Chardonnay
Variety: 100% Chardonnay
Region: California
Country: United States
Year: 2010
Price: $5.95


Critic's Review: 

Intensely flavored and balanced with layers of vanilla, butter and pear, followed by apple, banana, and oak. - Vintage cellar

My Review: 

This Chardonnay was not like the typical Chardonnay. I am not a very big fan of Chardonnay, and I thought this was a decently-good bottle of wine. Especially for the price of $5.95. On the nose, there was a very intense smell of pears canned in syrups, along with strawberries. On the palate however, there was no hint of pear what-so-ever. Instead, it was replaced by the taste of what was almost like a strawberry-banana candy or smoothie, with lots of oak, and was very tart. It was a refreshing change from the everyday run of the mill cat urine Chardonnay. 
I did not taste this wine with food.