Le Petit Cochonnet is a gastronome's friend, a country wine, frank and of good quality. An expressive wine, on the fruit and the freshness, without additions of junk food.

Finding great value French wine is quite the challenge, finding great value Chardonnay is even harder.

Yet here we stand, with this Vin de France from the Little Piggy (Le Petit Cochonnet), that is exactly that. Hands off winemaking producing a full-bodied wine, with what we want to see, stone fruit, citrus, round mouthfeel, with enough butteriness to make the old-school purists drool.

Uncomplicated drinking, it's a chardy for any day of the week.