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Elegant aromatics of jasmine, citrus and pear are complemented by tree fruit flavors. The fruity mid-palate of this...
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A vibrant and pure Chardonnay with great energy, the medium gold 2021 Chardonnay Three Jacks Vineyard is lifted with...
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Displaying colors of goldenrod, our 2022 Chardonnay's bouquet elicits floral notes of honey, ripe apple and light...
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COLOR: Straw.
AROMA: Exhibits aromas of Granny Smith Apple and Stone fruits with spice.
TASTE: Good entrance, complex...
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COLOR: Straw.
AROMA: Exhibits aromas of Granny Smith Apple and Stone fruits with spice.
TASTE: Good entrance, complex...
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This elegant wine merges tangy and rich aspects beautifully. It starts with crisp apple and ginger aromas, then...
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Vivacious and sleek, with handsome Meyer lemon, apricot and blanched almond flavors that speed along the snappy...
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Offers peach, pear and citrus flavors that are compact and appealing, with a touch of dried flowers and spice on the...
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The nose on this vintage has juicy red apple, lychee fruit, dried stone fruit and hints of tropical fruit. Citrus...
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The 2022 J Russian River Valley Chardonnay is a fresh, stunningly elegant wine. Citrus aromas of pineapple and lemon...
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Reflecting the expansive character of the Wente clone, this Chardonnay reflects both complexity and sculpted...
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Appearance is medium gold. Nose of bright citrus, lemon curd and peach with the palate of lemon zest, peaches and...
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A light, bright and sophisticated coastal white, this wine is focused fresh pear and apple, with well-integrated oak...
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Aromas of apricot and baked apples converge nicely with a complex and rich palate of vanilla and nutmeg.
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This beautiful blend of McCrea and Kistler Vineyard Chardonnay has delicate flavors of stone fruits and layers of...
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Plush white fruit flavors show hints of ripe tangerine, along with toasty accents. Dried mango midpalate leads to a...
Chardonnay United States California Sonoma Valley
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.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
California's beautiful and remarkably fertile Sonoma Valley has grown over the decades to become one of the United States' most respected and profitable wine regions, with wineries within the region benefiting from the superb Californian sunshine, low rainfall and wonderfully rich soils. Because of this vital combination of excellent conditions, the region is able to grow a wide range of grape varietals for use in the production of an impressive array of wines, with many different red and white wine grapes flourishing each year and producing excellent and characterful results. The soils have been enriched by volcanic activity, and the presence of geothermal springs, which make this region a unique one, and very much the beating heart of California's ever growing wine industry.