Unwooded Chardonnay can reach great heights of interest with complex layers of flavours of peach, fig , butterscotch and vanilla oak unfolding across the tongue to impress the most discerning wine drinker. Most popular is its dry, full - bodied white form, much chardonnay is now bottled without having been matured in oak barrels and is accordingly labeled "unwooded" or "unoaked".