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Aromatic highlights of lemon verbena and honey are accented by vanilla and toast. Bright and well balanced on the...
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Vivacious and fresh, our unoaked Chardonnay is a limited release intended for summer quaffing. This Chardonnay’s...
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Barrel fermented and aged for 18 months sur-lie in French oak puncheons, this Burgundian style Chardonnay is selected...
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With floral aromatics, a distinct minerality, and racy acidity, our flagship wine finishes with a delightfully dry...
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Aromatics of ginger, coconut water, and wet limestone with hints of honeysuckle. Lime juice, orange pith, and baked...
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This cask-strength Bourbon is aged four years, then finished in former Chardonnay casks from a Long Island winery....
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Excellent, Highly Recommended - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Lightly colored, the 2019 Chardonnay was fermented partially in French oak barrels (40%) and stainless steel tanks...
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$41.03
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Our award-winning Straight Bourbon is deep golden brown in color and exhibits beautiful aromas of vanilla and...
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$63.60
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We’re a New York State Farm Distillery. This means most of our ingredients are grown right here in the Empire...
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Beautiful vanilla and leather-scented, deep golden brown bourbon. Smooth caramel and oak, lingering like the last...
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What happens when you put an award winning Straight Bourbon Whiskey into a toasted oak barrel? Starting with New York...
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In celebration of a decade of distilling, Taconic Distillery releases this Limited Edition Straight Bourbon at 100...
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Our Limited Edition Barrel Strength Bourbon, bottled at 115 proof, is both bold and refreshing, with aromas of light...
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This sweet and floral whiskey spends another few months in the barrels to become our annual release of Double Barrel...
Bourbon Chardonnay Lemberger United States New York
Bourbon has survived all manner of difficulties and restrictions to become one of the world’s best selling and most recognizable spirits. This unique and distinctly American whiskey came from humble origins, allowing poor farmers in the fields of Pennsylvania and Maryland to make a living from their crops. Prohibition, temperance movements and conflict continuously threatened to wipe Bourbon from existence, but today the drink is stronger than ever and has a global audience of millions. Over time, it has become more refined, and innovation and experimentation has set modern Bourbon apart from other whiskey styles.
Today, the Bourbon heartland and spiritual home is in Kentucky, where the whiskey producers of northern states traveled to seek a new home, free from oppressive tax regimes in the early days. It is now far from the rough and ready spirit of yesteryear, governed by strict rules and regulations to maintain standards and keep quality high. Modern Bourbon must be made from a mash which is no less than 51% and no more than 80% corn (the rest of the mash being made from rye, wheat or barley), giving it a distinctive sweetness, and it must be aged in charred, white oak casks with no other added ingredient but water.
The varied flavors of different Bourbons come about mainly from the different quantities of the permitted grains in the mash. A larger proportion of rye will produce a spicy, peppery whiskey, whereas more wheat will result in a smoother, more subtle drink. Ageing and water quality, as well as the expertise and vision of the craftsmen who distill it, will also make a difference, meaning there is much more to Bourbon than might first meet the eye.
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.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
New York state has a wine history which stretches back to the mid-17th century, when Dutch settlers first began cultivating grape vines in the Hudson Valley. Since then, the wine industry of New York has grown from strength to strength, mixing the old with the new as wineries continue to experiment with modern techniques alongside their traditional heritage. Indeed, certain wineries in New York state hold a claim to being amongst the oldest and most well established in the New World, with at least one dating back over three hundred and fifty years. New York state is responsible for a relatively small range of grape varietals, due to its cooler, damper climate, but many varietals such as Riesling and Seyval Blanc thrive in such conditions and produce wines a of singular quality.