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White
750ml
Bottle: $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...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.83 $25.20
12 bottles: $22.80
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.23
This wine is brilliantly elegant, generous, and fruity. It has a deep, subtle color with purple highlights, smooth...
White
750ml
Bottle: $15.00
12 bottles: $14.70
Lively lemon curd, green apple, spice, white flower, and flinty notes emerge from the medium-bodied 2018 Beaujolais...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $98.95
Aromas of candied fruit and honey with a buttered and mineral bouquet. The wine is well-balanced and round in the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $280.41
6 bottles: $279.20
Batard-Montrachet is one of the four great Grand Cru Chardonnay vineyards in the appellation of Puligny-Montrachet,...
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750ml
Bottle: $80.19
12 bottles: $78.59
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $102.12
The 2018 Pouilly-Fuissé L'Optimum des Hauts Crays was produced from vines planted in the 1930s, which Forest waited...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $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...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $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...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.20
12 bottles: $13.92
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White
750ml
Bottle: $163.08 $181.20
Open and aromatic with honeysuckle flowers, dried apples and mangoes, as well as white peaches and stone....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.90
12 bottles: $63.60
From the lieu-dit of Les Gréchons but not entitled to the premier cru appellation, Méo's 2017 Ladoix offers up...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
Intense dried fruit aromas combine with forestal notes of anise and chlorophyll. Firm mouthfeel with a touch of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $114.00
12 bottles: $111.72
Hawthorn and honeysuckle aromas mixing with hazelnut and fresh butter. The palate is mellow and lasting, lifted up...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $120.00
12 bottles: $117.60
A wine that develops a complex and full-bodied aromatic range with notes of toasted bread and honey. This is coupled...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $54.14
The almost insolent richness of this Chablis makes it an ideal wine for an aperitif, as well as an excellent...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.48
12 bottles: $35.75
Dried hayflower and toasted hazelnut make for an appetizing nose on this wine. The palate has concentration and a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.94
Lemon oil subtly pervades the mossy nose on this wine with richness and generosity. The juicy palate adds zestiness...
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Chardonnay Malbec 2013 2018 France

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.

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

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.