On the menu tonight was some healthy risotto, which meant a bottle of white to go in said risotto.  I picked this one up because 1) it was cheap, and 2) I’m sort of new to the chardonnay, so I’m still unfamiliar with even the low-level, buy-at-a-Wal-Mart chardonnay.  I’ve had a couple of cheap chardonnays as of late, and I must say, cheap chardonnays are really similar.  And I like them.

Thing is, I’m not sure if I’m supposed to like them.  Are they actually good and just don’t cost that much, or are they not very good and for whatever reason, my palette seems to respond to them?  Sure, cheap chardonnays are perhaps a little too sweet and lack the alcoholic kick and are generally unremarkable, but they just go down easy.  So on to this wine: hint of oak, strong apple flavor, and not much lingering on the finish.  Nothing that makes you think.  Nothing really new about wine.  But all the same, pleasant to drink.   Oh, and at the very least, it won’t ruin either your risotto or your bank account ($6).

Because I feel like there must be more to the chardonnay than this, I’m going to score it low, but really, it’s not so bad to drink.

Score:  84