Monkey Bay Chardonnay 2007

In 1769 Captain James Cook, on his first voyage of exploration, dropped anchor in a New Zealand cove which was said to be inhabited by a reclusive monkey. The tale goes that, on catching sight of the explorers, the animal promptly drowned itself in the bay. The monkey knew what it was doing. At any rate, this was certainly no place to produce wine. What we have here is a sweetish, completely unripe product, aged, if at all, in steel wats, which exhibits the light fruit flavors which it lays claim to alright, but without any indication that they were ever subjected to fermentation. The price of $10.99 is ludicrous. (N.J. $7.99, and even that is way too much).