Toasted Head Chardonnay 2009 (California)

Another bottle that spoke to me, as so many of them do. It was the beginning of summer and I wanted a nice Chardonnay and I have to admit I do like the fire breathing Bear. I wasn’t looking at price tags just wanted to try something different, and it was.


Beautiful straw color in the glass. On the nose you smell fresh pear and mango with a hint of pineapple and the slightest pinch of coconut. On the Palate this wine is succulent and fruit forward, round and smooth with a lingering toasty-vanilla finish.

Toasted Head is a California winery located in the beautiful farming county of Yolo. The name comes from toasting the heads of the barrels they age the wine in.
The mysterious fire-breathing bear who appears on Toasted Head labels was inspired by a drawing created by Robert Shetterly for a William Carpenter poem entitled "Speaking Fire at Stones." The poem reads: "Every one of these stones contains a bear, you just have to burn it free.