The codfish is a staple food For which I'm seldom in the mood. This single-vineyard St. Clement Carneros Chardonnay is crisper than some of its competitors.
Experience says it is a good prospect for dinner tonight.
We don't share Mr. Nash's opinion of cod, but we do agree with the Schlottman-Thompson belief that the Abbotts Vineyard Chardonnay is a fine food wine. 20 years ago St. Clement started buying Chardonnay from the Carneros pioneer Abbott Williams. The fruit was so good that in 1987 they bought it, the Abbotts Vineyard. In 1991, they isolated enough of the grapes to make 336 cases of Abbotts Chardonnay. Ever since, they've produced 2,500 to 3,500 cases annually.