Winey Tasting Notes: No Coincidence Here! Red Diamond Chardonnay
In wine, there are no coincidences. If someone mentions a wine to you, and you are destined to sip it, the universe will conspire to get you that wine.
That’s what happened to me with recently with Red Diamond Chardonnay! It all started when The Winey Family was in Arizona. We met up with a friend of mine from college, who had moved to Phoenix about a year ago. We had a wonderful dinner with her and her husband, sharing college memories (she knew The Winey Hubby from college, too), talking about Arizona, kids and of course at some point, the talk turned to wine. It helped that our waitress had some great suggestions for us, and when we were unsure about a few of the ones she mentioned, she brought over samples for us. So of course we were going to talk about wine!
My friend happened to mention a wine that she had recently tried by the name of Red Diamond. I recorded her recommendation on the notes in my phone and then pretty much proceeded to forget about it. I had canyons to hike after we left Phoenix.
Flash forward to a few weeks later. I’m in Trader Joe’s looking for a white wine and I notice a wine from Washington State with a red diamond shape on its label. Hmm….hadn’t I heard about a red diamond something or other recently? But where…… for some inspired reason I took out my phone to check any notes I may have written (I do keep a running “wines to try” list on my phone) and there it was!! From January 26th….Red diamond wine. Bingo!! I took it as a sign and grabbed a bottle.
Red Diamond Chardonnay (2013, 13.5%, Washington state) starts out with a nose of pineapple. At first taste, you’ll get flavors of red apple and pineapple. Following those comes some creamy vanilla and oak. This wine had a wonderful “mouth feel” to it – round and creamy and full. If you like your Chardonnay classic and creamy and rich, buy this wine! And to make it even more enticing: you can find it for under $10 a bottle. (I found it at a number of other wine sellers in my area, not just TJ’s.)
So, can you see how one little mention during a dinner dozens of states away from me resulted in finding a yummy new wine? No coincidence here, I was meant to try it. Good wine karma, huh?
Cheers!
