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Typically ripe and buttery, this textbook California Chardonnay shows nice nuances of toast, dough and nutmeg in...
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Pretty, presenting floral, fragrant notes and a touch of lemon verbena to mingle with firm pear, citrus and yellow...
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The wine was fermented in 50% French oak barrels, with the balance in stainless steel tanks. The wine went through...
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Fully ripe, sunny fruit flavors and generous vanilla and butter nuances from oak aging add up to a mouthfilling, warm...
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A premium oaked Chardonnay, Duxinaro has roasted pineapple and toasty aromas with more lime and peaches on the...
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$41.59
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With its fragrant Meyer lemon and vanilla perfume, citrus zest notes on entry and gushing fruit, the 2021 vintage...
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The 2022 Chardonnay Olivet Ranch is subtle, understated and quite classy. Light tropical notes, jasmine, tangerine...
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Aromas are complex with citrus, yeastiness, pear, honey and just a touch of sweet, toasty French oak. Across the...
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Aromas are complex with citrus, yeastiness, pear, honey and just a touch of sweet, toasty French oak. Across the...
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$49.60
This well-balanced and grandly structured wine layers toast, almonds and a hint of wood smoke over Bosc pears, fennel...
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$16.68
This Chardonnay delights with aromas of citrus, pear, vanilla, graham cracker and buttercream perfectly balanced by...
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$32.09
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Intricate oak spice aromas, a creamy texture and nicely layered fruit, butter and vanilla flavors make this wine a...
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$16.63
The grapes for this Chardonnay are whole-cluster pressed to bring out a fresh fruit characteristic. Secondary...
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$45.50
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The color on this Chardonnay shows an elegant light golden straw hue. With aromas of crisp apple, citrus, lemon zest,...
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This fragrant version shows jasmine, orange blossom, toasted sesame seed and green cardamom notes alongside a core of...
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Distinct aromas of citrus blossoms, fresh-cut tart green apples and hints of grapefruit peel. Full and richly layered...
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Light straw color; aromas of lemon-merangue pie, citrus, and melon. Shows juicy grapefruit, passion-fruit, and white...
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$51.50
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Mid straw in color with aromas of baked pear, caramel, hazelnut, honey and a touch of melon and graphite. The palate...
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$17.91
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Delivers fresh apple, peach and citrus flavors bearing a tropical edge on a sleek, juicy frame. The finish reveals...
Carricante Chardonnay Grenache United States California Sonoma Valley
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.
The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.
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.
California's beautiful and remarkably fertile Sonoma Valley has grown over the decades to become one of the United States' most respected and profitable wine regions, with wineries within the region benefiting from the superb Californian sunshine, low rainfall and wonderfully rich soils. Because of this vital combination of excellent conditions, the region is able to grow a wide range of grape varietals for use in the production of an impressive array of wines, with many different red and white wine grapes flourishing each year and producing excellent and characterful results. The soils have been enriched by volcanic activity, and the presence of geothermal springs, which make this region a unique one, and very much the beating heart of California's ever growing wine industry.