My least favorite of the wines that I tasted at Mattebella Vineyard was their 2013 Reserve Chardonnay.

Top Row 3rd from the Left 2013 Reserve Chardonnay

This wine was aged completely in oak and you could both taste and smell the it. The oak gave the wine a light honey color. Along with the oak there was also a light floral sent on the nose which did not present itself on the palate. Although the Reserve was fruit foreword and had a clean taste the oak seemed to over power everything to me. This wine did not taste balanced. If I had to pare this with something I would pare it with a dessert that is very sweet, like a triple chocolate cake with a raspberry sorbet. I think that the sweetness of the chocolate and sorbet will balance out the flavor of the oak.