Is Chardonnay Served At Room Temperature?

[peas_and_corn]

I'm not much of a wine geek, so... is chardonnay served at room temperature or chilled? I think it's room termperature, but I'm not too sure.

 

[berazafi]

i would serve my chardonnay chilled

 

[bugwan]

Cardy should be chilled... Many would recommend it at cellar temps (closer to 10-13 degrees), rather than 3-4 degrees.

Cheers

 

[Hopsta]

chilled

 

[peas_and_corn]

So... chilled, but not cold?

 

[Beerpig]

Depends where you live or are drinking it

Definitely cold & chilled up here

Cheers

 

[Airgead]

Room temp aies according to which room you are in...

According to the wine snobs cellar temp (10-12C) is best. Most whites served heer are at around 3-4C. At 10 and above more of the aromatics come out so the nose is more intense and the flavour is fuller.

I prefer mine warmer, my wife prefers it colder (above 5C and it sets off her athsma, don't ask me why). this does present certain logistical dificulties when sharing a bottle of wine...



Cheers
Dave

 

[Ash in Perth]

speaking on behalf of 'wine snobs', i prefer warmer, between 14-16 degrees for a good chardonnay, or for an average one, 6-10 would be more suitable. In my opionion, its the only white variety that should be served at about 10 degrees. But then, i am a red drinker.

 

[Samwise Gamgee]

I prefer mine warmer, my wife prefers it colder (above 5C and it sets off her athsma, don't ask me why). this does present certain logistical dificulties when sharing a bottle of wine...


Cheers
Dave

Dave,

My mother in-law gets asthma from wine too. Her asthma is set off by all Hunter Valley wines :blink:

The temp doesn't effect it one way or the other though.

I like the lighter, fruitier whites (verdelho/semillon etc) on the colder side (4-5C) and like the sauvignon blancs/chardonnay's a bit warmer (8-10C).

Then Reds at a standard Sydney room temp (20-22C i suppose) except Chamberson (sp?) which should be chilled.


Cheers,
Sam

 

[Airgead]

Dave,

My mother in-law gets asthma from wine too. Her asthma is set off by all Hunter Valley wines :blink:

The temp doesn't effect it one way or the other though.

Same

The hunter wines are really bad for athsma. My wife can't touch any of them chilled or not. She does OK with the margret river, mudgee and also from our favorite vinyard which is up near Pt Macquarie.

She can't touch reds at all (except for the off rose). Lighter styles are better too. I think its anything that is fermented on the skins for any length of time. That extracts a bunch of histamines which plays hell with the lungs of athsmatics. Some of the lighter chardonnay styles (usually the ones sold as unwooded) are OK for her too. It could also be something extracted from the wood during conditioning.

Cheers
Dave

 

[Samwise Gamgee]

Have you heard of many other people with this problem?

I just thought the mum in-law was a rare, unique type case. Maybe something to do with the soil, which the vines get all there nutrients etc from?

 

[Kai]

Asthmatic reactions to wine are usually due to residual sulphur dioxide.

 

[kirem]

AFAIK there has never been a scientifically proven link between the sulphur dioxide in wine and asthma.

Plenty of anecdotal experiences though.

 

[Airgead]

Asthmatic reactions to wine are usually due to residual sulphur dioxide.

Its definitely not the SO2 in our case as we tried a bunch of preservative free wine and it still set things off. From what I can work out its when they ferment on the skins (traditional I believe for chardonnay). The hunter is chardonnay country so most of the wine makers there tend to ferment chardonnay style. Other regions do things diferently. it could also be the breed of grape as each type will have diferent levels of chemicals and stuff (technical term) in it. Chardonnay tends to be bad news, semillon not so bad, verdhello, sav blanc and lighter styles seem to be OK.

The current trend in chardonnay is towards a lighter style so it will be interesting to see what happens to the allergic properties...

Cheers
Dave