Kirkland Signature Sonoma County Chardonnay 2024
This is Costco’s $7.39 Chardonnay, down from $7.99 in past vintages.
It is good to you and good for you, if I may quote Andy of Mayberry.
A sub-$10 Sonoma Chardonnay that has no issues and has plenty of flavor.
This is no bare-bones Chardonnay; it has oak influence and flavors.
It drinks far beyond its price.
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Hey
there.
Domain
Dave,
cheapwinefiner.com.
With
another
wine
review.
Like
always,
uh,
we
do
um
reviews
of
inexpensive
wines.
Um
more
and
more
big
magazines
are
doing
um
value
price
wines,
but
when
we
started,
nobody
was.
So
we
figured
we'd
help
people
out,
and
here
we
go.
Uh
we
got
a
wine
from
it's
this
is
a
Kirkland
uh
every
vintage
they
do
the
same
thing.
This
is
like
perennial.
It's
the
Kirkland
signature
Sonoma
County
Chardonnay
2024.
And
according
to
a
sign
on
the
the
cases,
this
was
released
in
May
of
uh
2026,
which
means
it's
a
fairly
fresh
bottle
of
wine.
Um
when
you
get
value-priced
wines,
even
this
wine,
this
one
has
some
um
has
some
oak
aging,
which
and
acidity,
which
can
give
it
more
lasting
power,
but
it's
always
a
little
bit
better
uh
to
get
it
young
just
because
wine
in
stores
are
not
always
stored
properly,
and
the
sooner's
the
better,
they're
not
gonna
age,
they're
not
gonna
improve
with
age.
I
mean,
there
are
wines
that
will
improve
with
age.
This
ain't
one
of
them.
So
um,
there
you
go.
So
this
is
Sonoma
County.
Uh
this
is
a
wine
from
Precept.
Precept
is
the
largest
uh
independently
owned
winery
or
wine
company
in
the
Northwest.
And
they
just
recently
bought
uh
Miller
family
uh
vineyards
in
um
the
central
coast.
They
have
some
really
good
vineyards,
and
they're
a
big
wine
producer,
so
they
just
uh
they
went
from
being
up
in
Oregon
or
Washington
down
to
the
Central
Coast.
And
of
course,
they
have
this
um
Sonoma
County
Chardonnay.
Uh
one
thing
interesting
is
that
um
the
bottling
was
looks
like
it
was
done,
uh
it
was
like
uh
Geyserville
and
Mantica.
Uh
it
was
the
locations,
and
that
means
it's
um
Delicado
and
Copla
wines
were
did
something
with
the
bottling,
which
is
a
nice,
I
mean,
uh
they're
looks
like
they're
cooperating
somehow,
which
is
a
pretty
cool
thing.
So
uh
at
least
that's
what
I
think
is
what's
going
on
there,
because
they
are
Bantica
and
Geyserville
are
his
that
company.
So
I'm
gonna
sit
up.
This
is
a
good
California
Chardonnay.
The
alcohol
is
$13.5,
so
it's
not
too
heavy.
It
it
just
does
fine.
I
really
um
it's
one
of
those
wines
where
anything
under
like
$15
you
wouldn't
know
what
the
price
tag
is.
And
this
was
$7.39.
In
the
past
it
was
$7.99,
so
Casco
dropped
60
uh
cents
off
of
it.
Which
is
you
know
good.
I'll
take
60
cents.
Um
so
I
don't
know.
This
is
American
Chardonnay.
It's
not,
it's
gonna
be
more
fruit
and
citrus,
and
I
actually
um
it
has
some
oak,
and
I
actually
got
a
bit
of
butterscotch
in
there.
So
you
got
the
um
the
melons
and
the
apples
and
the
peaches
and
pears
and
the
stone
fruits
and
maybe
a
little
grapefruit.
And
a
little
bit,
like
I
said,
from
the
oak.
It
looks
like
there
might
have
been
some
not
quite
butter,
but
butterscotch,
which
is,
you
know,
not
not
a
didn't
slap
you
upside
the
head,
but
it
was,
I
think
it
was
there.
If
I
think
it,
then
it
is.
And
a
good
shot
of
spice,
so
it's
got
all
the
things
you
kind
of
want
out
of
a
California
Chardonnay.
I
mean,
it's
it
it's
just
a
nice,
friendly
bottle
of
wine.
I
think
it's
another
sip.
It's
got
a
nice
mouthfeel.
It
does
have
a
little
bit
of
that.
It
does
have
some
oak,
which
is
nice.
I
think
it's
oak
barrel.
To
get
that
in
a
749
wine,
because
that
that's
uh
an
expensive
detail.
It
I
taste,
I
it
sure
tastes
like
oak.
So
uh
it's
a
nice
wine,
and
it's
Kirkland
Seamster,
you'll
have
cases
of
it
there.
And
it's
just
a
fine
Chardonnay.
I
mean,
put
a
you
know,
if
you're
looking
for
just
a
like
the
house
white
wine,
but
you
know,
you
can
you
can
spend
uh
you
know,
buy
three
or
four
of
these
to
you
know
put
away,
and
then
you
you
got
a
company
come
over,
you
go
out
and
you
get
one
of
the
you
know
the
big
names
for
$25
and
$30
to
spend
for
them,
but
when
you're
on
the
back
porch,
this
is
your
go-to.
I'm
gonna
take
another
sip
and
then
close
this
one
up
because
$749,
uh
$739
go-to
wine
is
a
good
thing.
Yeah,
great
mouthfeel,
good,
a
lot
of
flavor.
This
is
uh
this
is
a
good
wine.
I
like
it.
And
there
you
go.
Uh
Kirkland
Signature
Sonoma
County
Chardonnay
2024.
Sonoma
uh
county
is
a
great
place
for
um
Chardonnay.
There's
tons
of
good
vineyards
there,
and
they
know
how
to
grow
Chardonnay.
You
can't
go
wrong.
So,
adios,
keep
it
cheap,
domain
day.
I'll
be
talking
to
you.
I
got
a
couple
of
interesting
wines
coming
up.
We'll
do
that
in
a
couple
of
days.
So
um
keep
it
cheap.
Bye
bye.
