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$14.63
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$14.34
Light and pale in color, this fruity rosé is attractively perfumed with aromas of blossoms and crushed strawberries....
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$124.89
$136.00
This brilliant Blanc de Blancs unfurls with notes of mandarin orange, citrus oil, pear, and fresh-baked croissant...
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$133.94
$136.00
The 2018 Extra-Brut Grand Cru Millésimé Œil de Perdrix is lovely, wafting from the glass with scents of orange...
750ml
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$45.93
12 bottles:
$45.01
This too is firmly reduced so be sure to decant it first. Otherwise the round, delicious and lush medium weight...
750ml
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$15.00
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$14.70
Lively lemon curd, green apple, spice, white flower, and flinty notes emerge from the medium-bodied 2018 Beaujolais...
750ml - Case of 6
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$98.95
Aromas of candied fruit and honey with a buttered and mineral bouquet. The wine is well-balanced and round in the...
750ml - Case of 12
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$40.75
750ml
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$280.41
6 bottles:
$279.20
Batard-Montrachet is one of the four great Grand Cru Chardonnay vineyards in the appellation of Puligny-Montrachet,...
750ml - Case of 12
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$102.12
The 2018 Pouilly-Fuissé L'Optimum des Hauts Crays was produced from vines planted in the 1930s, which Forest waited...
750ml
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$74.93
12 bottles:
$73.43
The NV Champagne Rosé de Saignée is deeply hued, almost a pale ruby. It is ripe with kirsch and red currant aromas,...
750ml
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$69.84
12 bottles:
$68.44
Made from equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the 2018 Champagne Millésime Carte d'Or Brut displays a shimmering...
750ml
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$824.77
6 bottles:
$808.27
This was the last wine I tasted on my three-week Burgundy tour and it was a great way to finish. Sourced from a...
750ml
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$194.94
12 bottles:
$191.04
90-93 A mildly exotic character is present on the layered aromas of both yellow and white orchard fruit tinged with...
Champagne Blend Chardonnay 2003 2004 2018 France
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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.
Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.