Tasting - Lazzaro Chardonnay

Name: Lazzaro Chardonnay 2010

Variety: 100% Chardonnay
Region: I.P. Mendoza
Country: Argentina
Year: 2010
Price: $7


Critic's Review: 

Opens with mellow peach and melon aromas and some oak. The palate is round, creamy, and full. Tastes of spiced, dried apple with a stalky, pithy accent. - Vintage Cellar


My Review: 

This Chardonnay was an Oaked Chardonnay with very light golden color, and a light body. When the bottle was first opened, there were scents of musty pears and apples. While warm, the palate consisted of apples, pears, and spicy cheeses. It was also very tannic, and somewhat dry. This was one of my favorite Chardonnays while warm. After chilling in the refrigerator for an hour, the bouquet changed and had aromas of oak, aerosols, sweet gala apples, perfume, and maple sugar. The taste transformed to notes of maple sugar, cedar cigar-box, and sweet gala apples. The tannic component of the wine did not change after chilling. 
I did not taste this wine with food.