2017 VGW Chardonnay 00 Winery

The blinded wine "B" in our Great Chardonnay Tasting was revealed to be the 2017 VGW Chardonnay from 00 Winery. Here are the notes provided to our guests:

I was very interested in tasting this wine because I blogged about Katherine Cole on Black Chardonnay on November, 2017. It is worth looking at some photos provided by 00 Winery in the article written by Katerine Cole about black Chardonnay.¹

The initial juice that comes out from the pressing a la hyperoxidation is very black! However, if you look at the lineup of the wines that we tasted in the blogpost 2002 Meursault 1er Cru "La Piece sous le bois" Domaine Robert Ampeau, there would be no way to pick out the 00 based on color alone. The color of the 00 was now very clear, pale yellow!
My first swirl and sniff of this wine was a little underwhelming, providing no discernable aroma. Maybe I needed to wait for it to open up. The wine had the most oak flavors in this lineup. We were fortunate that there was a bit of the 00 left so we tasted it on the following day and I thought that although there were no flaws and it had a very nice spicy finish, I was left wondering about the mid-palate.
Food and the smells from the food can affect the flavors of the wines that are served. We brought out small dishes throughout the tasting. Two of the dishes were cod cakes and baked oysters.

Nothing bad here, these dishes made excellent pairings with the Chardonnay.
References:
1. Katerine Cole, Meet Black Chardonnay, SevenFiftyDaily, August 3, 2017.
2. Rare Wine Company, Double-Zero Chardonnay.