WTN: Eastdell Estates Unoaked Chardonnay 2007

Niagara Peninsula.

WARNING: It has been a long time since I have had a wine this bad.

Fairly dark yellow in the glass.

A dirty/chemical-tinged nose (which should have been my first clue).

Creamy, thick and fairly weighty, some nice green apple and pear, nice tangy acidity, light honey, with a strong dirty/chemical-like streak at the end.

With time, the wine also picked up an "attractive" dirty/rotten fruit aspect, and the other off-putting flavours intensified.

A dirty finish.

Purchased at $12.95 (Canadian).

wow, they were never in the top echelon; but....... no reason for any dirtyness in that vintage. it was a hot vintage so i would expect the complaint to be that it was too alcoholic or low in acid or heavy; but...... it is not a white wine vintage; but this crosses even that line by your description.