Is Wine An Acquired Taste?

On the heels of our recent blind panel tasting on the state of Chardonnay, a reader named Chaz posted a comment asking about the role of "acquired taste" as it applied to Chardonnay or "even wine in general." I found this to be a particularly relevant question, and since I realize that not everyone peruses the comments section of an article, I wanted to call it out in the Mailbag Responses section of the site. Below are Chaz's question, and my response:

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