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This wine is 100% Chardonnay from selected vineyards in the Galilee region. The wine is fermented at low temperature...
750ml
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$12.57
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The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot with its fresh fruit floral character and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon to give the wine...
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$19.88
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$19.48
Intricate aromas and flavors of plum and dark berry fruit, with a rich, plush mouthfeel and soft, refined tannins....
750ml
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$20.08
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The 2017 Chardonnay Bayten opens with classic aromas of spiced yellow apples, poached pears, Meyer lemon curd and...
750ml - Case of 3
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The 2020 Capensis Western Cape Chardonnay is a culmination of eight remarkable vineyards – a balanced, layered, and...
750ml - Case of 6
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Fresh and balanced, this medium-bodied white has a toasty overtone to a pretty mix of nectarine and apricot fruit....
750ml
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$53.88
The 2022 Ferrum comes from 1 hectare planted in 2010 on shale soils, regrafted to Chardonnay eight years later. It...
750ml
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$34.94
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• Chardonnay.
• Sourced from select vineyards in the Hemel-en-Aarde and Overberg regions.
• Produced using the...
750ml
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$55.99
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$54.88
Fine and alluring with limestone and wet slate, lemon cream, lime peel and a vanilla pod kiss. A long, distinguished...
750ml
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$20.93
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Optimum varietal expression. An unwooded wine, Bon Vallon has a brisk and clean freshness leading into a wide...
750ml
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$17.70
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$16.88
Un-wooded with notes of grapefruit & nuts. Complex with a nuanced elegance, ending with a delicate ripeness....
750ml
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$16.24
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This medium bodied Chardonnay has a light straw yellow color with tints of green. Fresh citrus notes are prominent on...
750ml
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The Unwooded Chardonnay includes 10% skin ferment and a "bit" of Chenin Blanc, has a very aromatic bouquet with peach...
750ml
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$16.25
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$15.93
Rich, fruity aromas with flavors of fresh herbs, clove and tobacco on the palate. This medium-bodied wine is a...
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Bright pear, lemon, apple and tropical fruit notes, all with a background of subtle spice and French oak. With medium...
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750ml
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$16.66
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This elegant dry wine has bright fruity aromas with hints of orange peel and sage. Flavors of berry and spice on the...
750ml
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$28.00
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$26.60
The 2020 Chardonnay has a nicely detailed bouquet, not complex yet taut and focused, offering orchard fruit and...
750ml
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$33.94
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$33.26
The wine has a light pale straw colour and exudes white Phylica (fynbos) blossom and melba toast on the nose. It...
750ml
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$18.40
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$18.03
A delicious Merlot that is bursting with fruit on the nose and has an equally fruit driven palate. Full of red...
Chardonnay Merlot Ruche Israel South Africa 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.
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.
Since biblical times, Israel has been an important production center for wine, and continues to be so to this day. All over Israel, the Mediterranean climate the country enjoys ensures that grapes grow to full ripeness, and the vineyards are helped considerably by the mineral rich limestone soils which typify the geology of the wine regions. Interestingly, in Israel, up to fifteen percent of all wine production today is used for sacramental purposes, and the vast majority of the wines produced there are made in accordance to Jewish kosher laws. Israel is split into five major wine producing regions; Galil, The Judean Hills, Shimshon, The Negev, and the Sharon Plain, and in recent years the wine industry of Israel has brought over twenty five million dollars per annum to the Israeli economy.
Situated on the very tip of the African continent, South Africa has proved itself over three centuries to be an ideal location for producing a wide range of wines. Benefiting from something not dissimilar to a Mediterranean climate, with long, hot summers complemented by both Atlantic and Indian Ocean winds, the grapes which grow on the valleys, mountainsides and plains of this fascinating country can ripen to their fullest capacity, producing wines packed full of fruity flavors and an array of interesting and enticing aromas. As a former colony, South Africa has long since been home to a range of different nationalities, who each brought something of their wine culture with them. As such, many European grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and others have been given time to flourish in South Africa, allowing the country to develop a diverse group of wine types which are proving increasingly popular around the world.