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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$103.94
This is a generous, layered white with lots of cooked apples and hints of coconut and vanilla. Full body. Phenolic...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$103.94
Slightly more expensive, the 2019 Chardonnay A26 is cut from the same cloth as the Mountain Select release yet offers...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$14.40
These fun, fresh and incredibly enjoyable wines are true to varietal character and can be enjoyed on their own or...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$10.99
This is a delightful wine with tempting flavors of green apples and peaches. Hints of honey and vanilla enhance the...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$23.37
$24.60
6 bottles:
$15.00
Barefoot Buttery Chardonnay is creamy and vibrant, bursting with pineapple aromas and layers of toasty oak that...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$28.84
$30.36
6 bottles:
$19.20
The Beringer Founders’ Estate Chardonnay is the perfect combination of pear, apple and ripe tropical fruit flavors,...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$25.81
$27.17
6 bottles:
$16.68
The Basics A wonderfully approachable and refreshing wine. The Taste Full of lush fruit flavors and aromas, the...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$21.85
$23.00
6 bottles:
$13.87
Straw yellow in color. A bouquet of pineapple and peach aromas, with hints of melon. The palate is fruit forward with...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$19.47
$20.49
6 bottles:
$16.66
The Canyon Oaks Chardonnay has a golden straw color with complex aromas of melon and stone fruit. This exceptional...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$24.51
$25.80
6 bottles:
$16.25
Has real interest value for the array of apple, peach and spice flavors and the kiss of oak that adds vanilla and...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$28.84
$30.36
6 bottles:
$19.20
With carefully selected grapes chosen to preserve their bouquet of apple, citrus and tropical fruit, it’s fermented...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$93.00
Very well structured, yet restrained and elegant with a cool and delicate personality for the warm vintage, this is a...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$179.00
3 bottles:
$176.00
Montelena's 2016 Chardonnay is terrific. Fresh, nuanced and light on its feet, the 2016 is striking for its freshness...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$169.94
6 bottles:
$166.54
Nose: Bright gold in color and incredibly aromatic, the ripeness of the vintage is most pronounced initially; melon,...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$89.11
6 bottles:
$87.33
Bright and vivid with a linear palate of black cherries, plums and orange peel. It’s tight and focused with a...
Chardonnay Gamay 1.5Ltr
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 French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.