“This is Chardonnay the way I like it.”

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I had a birthday this past Saturday, and I was in the mood for a good glass of white wine. I didn’t want a red wine, I didn’t want a pink wine, and I didn’t want a “wow” wine. I just wanted something good and white, and as Kim and I were browsing through the produce and wine departments at Westborn Market in Berkley that day, I found exactly what I was looking for.

We’ve been fans of Jean Manciat’s Mâcon-Charnay for many years. For the uninitiated, this is 100% Chardonnay, from one of the “lesser” appellations of Burgundy. We went through a lot of their Franclieu bottling back in the day, and I had been eyeing this one for a while, so it all seemed to come together as I finally took one from the shelf and added it to our cart. When I pulled the cork and poured myself a glass that evening, I was quite satisfied with the libation I had selected.
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