Rodney Strong 2005 Reserve Chardonnay (Sonoma County)

Country: US / Reserve
Variety: Chardonnay California
Winery: Rodney Strong / Sonoma County

This is one of the biggest, richest Chardonnays that Rodney Strong has ever produced, and no wonder, as longtime winemaker Rick Sayre was assisted by David Ramey as a consultant. The wine has Ramey-esque proportions, gigantic in fleshy tropical fruit, caramel, vanilla cream, butterscotch and meringue flavors. It’s so softly decadent, it’s almost better as a cocktail wine than with food.