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$42.80
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$41.94
Intense nose of fresh green fruit – apple, pear – and white flowers and fennel. Mineral with a refreshing acidity.
750ml
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$32.20
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$31.56
Mercurey white offers lovely balance between charming nose of typical burgundian Chardonnay (fresh brioche and...
750ml
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$30.40
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$29.79
Carefully crafted nose with notes of hawthorn and angelica. The mouth offers beautiful bitters that require a refined...
750ml
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$40.32
6 bottles:
$39.60
COLOR: Bright yellow in colour with green hues.
NOSE: A complex and expressive nose of white flowers, underlined by...
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$37.30
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$34.68
EYE: Golden colour with green reflects.
NOSE The nose is very expressive with notes of white flowers, fern and...
750ml
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Secondary fermentation aromas render the nose unreadable today. Here too there is good energy and delineation to the...
750ml
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$34.45
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$33.76
Bright yellow in colour with green hues, with a complex and expressive nose of white flowers, underlined by some...
750ml - Case of 6
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$33.60
This fine and fruity wine also shows mineral notes and a great structure on the mouth. Serve around 12° with Comté...
750ml - Case of 6
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$32.00
The Rabourcé is characterized by its richness on the palate and its strength that gives a great length. Serve around...
750ml - Case of 6
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$43.50
The Rabourcé is characterized by its richness on the palate and its strength that gives a great length. Serve around...
750ml
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$30.05
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$29.45
White Burgundy is typified by aromas and flavors of green apple and lemon and is defined by its structure and...
750ml
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$49.60
• Practicing organic.
• 100% Chardonnay.
• 20+ year old vines.
• South facing site.
• Clay dominant soils,...
750ml
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• Practicing organic.
• 100% Chardonnay.
• 35+ year old vines.
• Southeast facing site.
• More limestone...
750ml
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$53.94
• Practicing organic.
• 100% Chardonnay.
• 15+ year old vines.
• East facing site.
• Clay and limestone...
750ml
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$53.94
• Practicing organic.
• 100% Chardonnay.
• 35+ year old vines.
• Southeast facing site.
• Sunny site with...
750ml - Case of 12
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$44.35
Clear and brilliant with golden reflections. Good density – fruity on the palate with notes of Accacia flower and...
Chardonnay Mavrodaphne Sherry France Burgundy Cote Chalonnaise 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.
In the Archaea region, high in the Northern Peloponnese mountains, the predominant grape varietal grown is the prized Mavrodaphne. Meaning 'Black Laurel', the Mavrodaphne grapes have extremely dark skins, and ripen slowly under the Greek sunshine, helped by the mineral rich soils the vines thrive in. This grape varietal is mostly used to produce the opaque, inky fortified wine of the same name, which is popular all over Greece and elsewhere in the world. This fortified wine allows the grapes to really show off their complex and fascinating flavors, which range from a rich marzipan to flavors of bitter chocolate, sweet coffee, dried figs and prunes, as well as plenty of jammy fruit notes.
Mavrodaphne is produced in a traditional method which involves leaving the grape juice exposed to the sun in large vats, before having its fermentation halted by the addition of various distillates taken from previous successful vintages. This mixture contains plenty of residual sugar, which gives the end result its characteristic sticky sweetness, and also helps with the next fermentation process, which typically takes place in large underground cellars. The final product is a heady drink, absolutely bursting with unusual, rich and sweet flavors and carried in a dark and slightly viscous Port-like liquid.
Mavrodaphne grapes are also used for the production of still red wines, but are generally blended with varietals such as Agiorgitiko or imported grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon. Mavrodaphne grapes are excellent for mellowing more acidic varieties, and producing deliciously rounded wines, which have taken the international market by storm in recent decades.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.
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.
The region of Burgundy has become synonymous with high quality red wines, but in actual fact the region consistently produces a wide variety of fine wines of many different styles, rigorously protected by French wine laws designed to keep reputations and quality at a very high level. The region benefits greatly from a warm and sunny summer climate, which, coupled with the excellent quality soils which typify the region, and centuries of experience and expertise, has led to the region being known all over the world for the excellence of its produce. The majority of grapevines grown here are of the Pinot Noir varietal, which has helped Burgundy become known as the definitive region for elegant and smooth red wines, but Chardonnay grapes and many others are also grown in abundance and used to make both still and sparkling wines.