Saint Clair 2006 Omaka Reserve Chardonnay (Marlborough)

Country: New Zealand / Omaka Reserve
Variety: Chardonnay Marlborough
Winery: Saint Clair /

A rare disappointment from Saint Clair—and it’s still a good wine, just not up the standards set by the winery’s other reserve wines. Ripe, peachy fruit is not so much framed by oak as covered by it, starting and finishing with layers of buttered toast and vanilla.