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Blanc de Bleu, a sparkling wine with an added hint of blueberries, is a delicate wine reserved for memorable...
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The 2000 Chianti Classico Riserva is a good choice for drinking over the medium term. It is unusually supple and...
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This eight-year-old Calvados « Finition en Fûts de Porto » (Porto cask finish) stayed several months in small...
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An average of seven years old, Manoir de Montreuil Réserve includes some brandies up to 20 years old in the blend....
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The apples are a mixture of the four categories: sweet, bittersweet, acidic and bitter composed of numerous include...
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Our Chardonnay has pleasant fruit aromas balanced by a long, lingering, dry finish.
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Harken Chardonnay is 100% barrel fermented to create a rich Chardonnay with a classic profile of tropical fruit and...
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A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 2 years in oak casks....
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A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 3 years in oak casks....
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Calvados made from a majority of pears can have a wild, volatile edge, that I find here in this six-year-old bottling...
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This three-year-old bottling from AOC Domfrontais is made from 70% pears and hearkens back to old-school Calvados in...
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It is distinguished by intense aromas of fresh apples. Its color is clear with pale yellow undertones. It is ideal to...
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This Hors d'Age release comes from a careful blend of barrels from three vintages. It shows deep green apple, vanilla...
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Baked, ripe, and candied apple leap from the glass. The amber color suggests the mouthfeel - voluptuous, rounded and...
Calvados Chardonnay Sangiovese 2000 NV 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.
The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.