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$17.93
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$17.57
LOLA Chardonnay is pale gold in color with aromas of tropical fruits and citrus, complimented by delicate floral...
750ml
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$39.90
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$39.10
Bright, tangy citrus aromas lead to equally lively, refreshing flavors in this charming, full-bodied wine. Lemons,...
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$23.20
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$21.28
This big but balanced wine is packed with vivid green apple, Bosc pear and Danish pastry flavors on a full body and...
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$44.95
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$44.05
Prominent toasted-oak and butter aromas precede rich pastry-shop flavors in this full-bodied, full-bore wine. Poached...
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$43.20
Bright straw color in the glass with hints of green gold. The nose shows lemon peel, hints of toasted wood, and white...
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$29.20
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$23.55
Shows juicy yellow apple, Asian pear and lemon zest notes that are mouthwatering and fresh, gaining complexity from...
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$35.64
$39.60
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$28.12
Rich, powerful and well-structured, with lemon drop accents to the dried apple and pear tart flavors that show plenty...
750ml
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$69.94
The 2021 Chardonnay West Sonoma Coast is a bright youthful hue and delivers elegant aromas of fresh flowers, white...
750ml
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$60.05
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$58.85
This is another stunner from Pellet Estate, from a high-elevation vineyard influenced by fog and wind. A wet stone...
750ml
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$42.05
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$41.21
From a vineyard that has since been designated as part of the new Petaluma Gap appellation, this wine shows the fog...
750ml
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$42.94
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$42.08
A straightforward chardonnay with light melon aromas, as well as chamomile. The palate has smooth, bright-fruit...
750ml
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$39.89
$42.00
Sourced entirely from Charles Ranch and pouring a pale straw color, the 2021 Chardonnay Fort Ross-Seaview is fresh...
750ml
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$36.94
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$36.20
A juicy and savory chardonnay with sliced pear and apple with some walnut and almond paste. Sea shell. It’s full...
750ml
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$17.90
$19.60
Our Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is a light golden straw hue and displays aromas of apple, pear, tropical citrus and...
750ml
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$22.99
Fruit aromas of Golden Delicious apple, Bosc pear and white peach are accented with toasted nuts, oak spice, a hint...
750ml
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$42.17
$44.39
6 bottles:
$40.79
Aromas of Golden Delicious Apple, white peach, and nectarine are accented with nougat, honeydew, and brown sugar....
Chardonnay United States California Sonoma Coast 750ml
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.