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This is a delightful wine with tempting flavors of green apples and peaches. Hints of honey and vanilla enhance the...
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Refreshing hints of crisp apple and a touch of oak accentuate Black Box California Chardonnay’s smooth finish. Upon...
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Black Box Wines Buttery Chardonnay features buttery notes of vanilla and toasted oak. Complementary aromas of baked...
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Dry, crisp, and clean with flavors of Asian pear, underripe yellow apple, and Bartlett pear, this is a refreshing,...
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A perennial value favorite, Franzia shows classic and classy aromas of golden apple, vanilla bean, and lemon blossom....
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Aromas of creamy apply backed by citrus introduce mouth-filling, sumptuous flavors of peach and ripe Asian pear,...
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Woodbridge Buttery Chardonnay offers a richer, creamier, more buttery profile than our classic Chardonnay. This...

Aligote Carmenere Chardonnay 3.0Ltr

The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.