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Sandhi Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$84.01
Also from the Sta. Rita Hills, and from a vineyard that continues to impress, the 2012 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict...
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Sandhi Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$84.01
The grapes for this wine are from the original 1971 plantings at Sanford & Benedict. Having access to the 41 year-old...
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Shafer Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch 2021
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$56.00
This full-bodied and beautifully balanced wine is powered by energized fruit acidity, giving it a lively mouthfeel,...
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Shafer Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch 2022
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$61.56
A vibrant, agile and poised Chardonnay with aromas of pears, apples, sweet spices, jasmine and hints of stones....
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$142.52
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$155.22
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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Chardonnay Karia 2020
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$44.61
A stunning wine for the price, this is full and fleshy in style, yet balanced in approach. Underlying richness in the...
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Staglin Family Chardonnay Estate 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$217.17
The 2021 Chardonnay Estate is gorgeous. Once again, the Staglin Chardonnay is such a distinctive wine. There's real...
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Staglin Family Salus Chardonnay 2021
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$73.07
The 2021 Salus is rich and expressive with heady aromas of honeysuckle and chamomile surrounding a core of...
Chardonnay Sherry Vodka 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.
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.