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Chiseled stone, crushed strawberry, dark carnation and pleasantly toasty oak aromas show on the nose of this blend of...
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Poised and precise ripe black cherry and black currant, with some undertones of leather and cocoa. The wine rests...
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Rich, creamy texture and medium-bodied; tropical notes and aromas of pineapple, mango and ripe peach. Toasted coconut...
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Rich and complex, with notes of salted hazelnut, fresh lemon curd, tangerine and Honeycrisp apple, showing a...
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Delicious entry, rich midpalate and supple tannins with a touch of black cherry shining through. Dark fruit and spice...
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A masterful medley of blackberry, plum, and vanilla. The mouthfeel displays a balanced acidity.
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60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Petite Sirah and 10% Zinfandel. Notable for its violet and blue fruit bouquet, the aroma...
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Deep red fruit aromas lead into notes of toasty vanilla with firm tannins and bold structure.
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AROMA : Key lime, lemongrass, graham cracker.
FLAVOR : Lemon bar, white tea, saline.
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The 7 Deadly® Red is a sinner’s delight. A deep ruby color with tempting aromas of cranberry, ripe cherry, leather...
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Powerfully ripe yet racy and thrilling with acidity, this deeply concentrated Chardonnay exhibits a masterful balance...
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This Blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Barbera and Sangiovese presents aromas of dark fruits, intertwined with notes...
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Golden delicious apples, grilled pineapple, and notes of vanilla with crème brulee crust. Medium to full bodied,...
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This medium-bodied wine has a slight hint of black pepper and oak spices in the aromas and flavors, good cherry and...
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The 2021 Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains is a peek at the stellar produce of Rhys's 2021 single-vineyard white wines....
Chardonnay Red Blend United States California Lodi Santa Cruz County 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.
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.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.