Delicious Costco French Chardonnay-Kirkland Signature Chablis 2023

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Hey,
welcome.
Domain
Dave,
cheapwinefighter.com.
And
today
we've
got
a
wine
from
Costco,
and
it's
the
Kirkland
Signature
Chablis
2023.
Chablis
is
a
village
in
Burgundy.
A
lot
of
French
wines
are
it's
100%
Chardonnay.
That's
all
they
do,
they
do
Chardonnay
wines.
And
a
lot
of
in
France,
a
lot
of
um
the
growing
regions
are
literally
named
after
the
town
and
not
the
grape.
You
have
to
know.
Um
Saint
Cyrus,
Savion
Blanc,
Chateau
Nopte-Pop
is
uh
blends
of
Grenache
and
Syrah
with
maybe
a
bit
more
Vedra.
Um
so
you
you
gotta
know
what's
going
on.
In
France,
they
lived
with
wine
all
their
lives.
Americans
have
a
little
bit
more
difficulty
with
it,
but
Chiblis
is
Chardonnay.
And
to
go
even
further,
it's
unoaked
Chardonnay.
I
it's
there's
no
law
saying
you
they
can't
oak
it,
but
they
typically
don't.
Um,
but
it
has
malolactic
fermentation.
Malolectic
fermentation
is
changing
the
natural
acidity
inside
of
the
grape
from
tart
acid
to
rounded
acid.
And
the
reason
they
usually
you
get
malolactic
when
you're
doing
oak
aging,
but
they
don't
here
because
these
grapes
can
be
kind
of
acidic.
And
this
kind
of
tames
the
acidity
in
it.
Take
a
sip.
Um,
it's
made
by
the
winemaker
for
um
Maison
Brochard.
Uh,
what's
his
name?
They
have
it
written
down
here
somewhere.
Um
I
gotta
find
it.
Here
we
go.
Pierre
uh
Brissy,
P-R-I-S-S-Y.
They
are
the
largest
uh
organic
and
biodynamic
winery
in
uh
in
Chablis.
They're
uh
like
the
second
largest
in
terms
of
volume.
They're
they
are
players.
Now
the
back
label
only
mentions
their
winemaker,
RC.
They
don't
mention
the
uh
the
domain.
Um
so
what
the
relationship
is,
I
don't
know.
And
the
back
label
says
it's
also
uh
grapes
are
sourced
from
the
finest
vineyards
and
um
in
uh
Chablis,
which
is
fine
because
these
guys
are
players,
they've
been
around
in,
I
think
they've
been
around
since
the
70s.
Um
they
know
people,
they
can
get
good
grapes.
So
the
quality
of
the
grapes,
even
if
it's
not
an
estate
wine,
it's
fine.
And
this
is
a
AOC
wine,
which
is
a
um
which
is
the
top
level,
but
there
are
uh
uh
improvements
in
that
level.
Petite
Chablis
is
the
bottom
level,
that's
the
entry
level.
AOC
is
the
solid
one,
that's
all
the
rules
and
regulation,
then
there's
Premier
Crew,
and
then
there's
grand
crew,
and
it
depends.
I
get
the
rules
get
tougher,
and
the
area
where
the
grapes
come
from
gets
smaller.
But
this
is
the
regular
old
AOC
Chablis.
I'm
gonna
take
down
the
sip.
And
for
and
for
me,
I
always
like
a
value
deal,
and
usually
it's
20
and
above
for
these
wines.
This
is
$14.99
in
Costco.
When
you
just
get
the
a
very
good
solid
regular
wine
from
a
region,
you're
far
more
likely,
in
my
opinion,
to
get
a
really
good
wine.
Because
if
it
you
know,
um
like
if
it's
uh
inexpensive
grand
crew,
it's
like,
why
is
it
an
inexpensive
grand
crew?
They
can
charge
a
lot
more
for
it.
Where
the
this
AOC
wine
they
can
charge
more,
but
Costco
only
has
15%
markup
on
it.
So,
and
my
my
hot
uh
Costco
sells
a
ton.
It
makes
sense.
So
get
the
AOC,
the
quality
get
a
really
good
wine.
You
might
get
a
really
good
one
with
as
the
levels
go
up,
but
you're
kind
of
almost
guaranteed
for
the
just
the
basic
really
good
wines,
and
in
most
um
in
most
growing
regions,
the
just
the
regular
good
wine
is
usually
a
great
deal.
I
took
another
sip.
Okay,
so
Chablis
used
to
be
a
big
deal.
I
mean,
um
you
would
see
jug
wines
with
Chablis
on
it
uh
in
the
United
States.
It
was
big.
I
think
the
English
people
loved
it.
Um
and
it
hasn't
been
as
big
a
deal.
I've
been
reading
that
they've
been
having
problems
with
uh
weather
in
the
um
in
the
vineyards
for
a
long
time,
and
they're
just
now
getting
back
to
being
really,
really
uh
in
their
stride.
So
it's
time
to
get
back
in.
And
this,
like
I
said,
this
is
not
an
oaked,
if
you're
not
not
really
crazy
about
oaked
Chardonnay
or
getting
tired
of
it,
this
is
a
good
deal.
This
is
this
you
don't
miss
the
oak,
you
get
the
flavor
of
the
grape,
and
uh
these
wines
can
be
acidic,
but
the
malacta
did
its
job,
and
you
do
get
that
acidity
that
makes
you
want
to
take
in
the
next
sip.
Because
if
you
notice
I
haven't
taken
the
next
sip,
but
that's
not
a
bad
thing,
especially
on
an
under-20
wine,
because
you
don't
want
to
drink
a
hundred
dollar
wine
too
quick,
but
$14.99,
yeah,
take
the
take
the
next
sip.
I
gotta
quit
doing
that
and
start
talking
more.
So
there
you
go.
You
got
the
Kirkland
signature
Chevlis
2023,
got
a
few
years'
age
in
it.
They
aged
it
a
hundred,
uh
one
year
in
the
bottle,
just
in
stainless
steel.
I
mean,
in
stainless
steel,
not
in
the
bottle,
in
the
bottle
champagne.
Um,
so
even
though
it
doesn't
have
oak,
it
has
plenty
of
aging,
so
the
flavors
all
meld
together.
It's
well
made.
Uh
they
normally
make
organic
and
biodynamic
wines
at
where
where
Prissy
is
at,
uh
Pierre
Prussia
is
at.
And
um,
so
this
was
a
piece
of
cake
for
him,
just
coming
up
with
good
grapes
and
a
nice
simple
uh
Chardonnay
wine.
So
there
you
go.
If
you
got
somebody
you
know
who's
got
a
um
Casco
membership,
toss
them
a
20
bucks
and
tell
them
to
go
pick
you
up
a
bottle.
They'll
give
you
a
couple
well,
either
they
have
to
give
you
your
change
back
or
you
let
them
drink
some
of
the
wine.
So
adios,
keep
it
cheap.
This
is
the
uh
1499
Kirkland
Signature
Chablis
2023.
It's
uh
two
thumbs
up.
It's
uh
it's
a
delicious
wine.
So
adios,
bye
bye.
I'll
be
talking
to
you
later.
Keep
it
cheap.