The evoluna Mendocino Chardonnay 2023 is available at Trader Joe’s for $9.99. This is an organic wine brand from the Boisset Collection.
The Story
The Boisset Collection is Jean-Charles Boisset’s wine company, which features wine and spirits from both France and California. The evoluna brand seems to be a discontinued line of wines. The brand is no longer supported on the JCB website. The only photo of the wine available has a banner saying get it while you can.
The evoluna Mendocino Chardonnay is sourced from certified organic vineyards and is sustainably farmed. The evoluna name references the phases of the moon. Biodynamic wines are farmed and produced according to the phases of the moon, but there is no mention that this is a biodynamic wine.
Mendocino is north of Sonoma and northwest of Napa. Boisset has vineyards in Mendocino for their DeLoach brand as well as others. It is a sub-AVA inside the greater North Coast AVA.
What production and tasting notes were offered for the evoluna Mendocino Chardonnay are now gone. The back label mentions mango and honeysuckle as well as toasted brioche, which strongly suggests oak barrel aging.
A quick check of the web found the evoluna Mendocino Chardonnay 2023 sold for $30 and up, with some listings over $50. It looks as if this Trader Joe’s $9.99 Chardonnay is a bargain cut-out wine.
The Alcohol content is 13.5%
The evoluna Mendocino Chardonnay 2023 Tasting Notes
The color is almost clear; oak barrel aging adds color to the wine, but here the color is light. The nose is honey, peach, pear, candy spice, melon, lemon hard candy, tart green apple, a little topical fruit, and a floral edge. The evoluna Mendocino Chardonnay 2023 is a balanced, tasty wine with a lingering finish.
This Chardonnay tastes like coconut milk, apple, lemon curd, peach in cream, and Anjou pear, guava, stone fruit. and faint blood orange. This Chardonnay is not flavor challenged.
The acidity is balanced and gives this Chardonnay excellent length.
The Summary
- The evoluna Mendocino Chardonnay 2023 is $9.99 at Trader Joe’s, which is 2/3rds off its initial selling price.
- If you can find it, buy it.
