June 17, 2022

Jordan Chardonnay 2020

(Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, CA) $40

It’s hard to believe that this year marks Jordan winery’s 50^th anniversary. For all of the years that I can remember, the winery has never deviated from its pure classical style which was inspired originally by Tom Jordan’s love of French wine. That said, Jordan’s Chardonnay is every bit a California wine—with some cool-climate restraint built in. Lively and fresh, it whirls onto the palate with the cooling flavors of every citrus you can think of from mandarin oranges to lemon meringue to lime zest. A nice hum of crispness vibrates through the wine’s lovely deliciousness. If you like big, buttery, oaky, super ripe Chardonnays, this is not your wine. (13.7 abv)

94 points KM

Available at Jordan Winery

Which country in the world was the largest wine exporter between 1930 and 1960?

A. Spain

B. Tunisia

C. Italy

D. Algeria

Algeria, in the mid to late 1800s, due to the pervasive phylloxera infestation across Europe, France shifted much of its wine production to its colonies. As a French colony, Algeria increased its wine production immensely from 1880 to 1930. prompting the introduction of French wine regulations in the 1930s. But the Algerian wine export market began to collapse as French and European vineyards recovered from phylloxera and two world wars fought predominately on European soil ended. Finally, in 1962, Algeria gained its independence, triggering France to halt all Algerian imports to that country, and eventually, Algeria’s vineyards (and exports) dwindled substantially.

Typicity

A quality that a wine possesses if it is historically typical of its region. Whether or not a wine demonstrates typicity is subjective and has nothing to do with how good the wine tastes. In… Continue reading

Jordan Chardonnay 2020

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