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Particular Chardonnay – Particularly Good

By: Jon Thorsen Last Updated: August 13, 2019

Tasty $5 Spanish Chardonnay from Trader Joe’s, the light-bodied and easy to drink Particular Chardonnay from Bodegas San Valero in Carinena.

Particular Chardonnay - Particularly Good

100% Chardonnay from Carinena, Aragon, Spain. The wine is aged for 3 months in French oak barrels and has just 1.8 g/L of residual sugar.

The Particular Chardonnay is available exclusively at Trader Joe’s (in the US) and sells for just $4.99. 30,000 bottles were produced and it is imported by Prestige Wine & Spirits Group.

From bottle:

The grapes for this Particular wine we’re harvested from vineyards chosen for their high altitude and exceptional soil conditions. The free run juice produced by the crushing of the grapes was fermented in French oak barrels.

12.5% Alcohol

We were really excited when we saw this particular bottle siting on the shelf of our local Trader Joe’s, especially at such an amazingly low price. Several years ago we had the opportunity to visit the Carinena region and spent some time at Bodegas San Valero. We came away very impressed with the quality of the wines but besides the Monte Ducay Reserva (also sold at Trader Joe’s) we hadn’t encountered many of their wines in the wild until now. Let’s check it out.

The 2017 Particular Chardonnay begins with pleasing aromas of lemon cream and citrus plus a little vanilla and tropical fruit. Taking a sip reveals a really light-bodied and easy to drink wine. The flavors are a bit more subtle than your average Chardonnay but that’s not a bad thing, and we rather enjoyed it. The wine is balanced nicely and has a really nice viscosity in the mouth. It ends with some saline minerality and a little baking spice on the medium-short finish. At only $5 this is a pretty nice wine.

2017 Particular Chardonnay

TASTE: 7       COST: 10
OVERALL RATING: 7.8

Highly Recommended

As always you can find an updated list of our recommended wines from Trader Joe’s as well as more info on their pricing model and some tips and tricks for shopping the store here.

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Published: August 13, 2019 Filed Under: Chardonnay, Highly Recommended, Spain - Carinena, Trader Joe's

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