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Vincent Girardin Meursault Vieilles Vignes 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$78.78
Delicious combination of roasted almond and hazelnut with vegetal and floral (hawthorn, elderberry, fern, linden,...
750ml - Case of 6
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$74.10
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$72.45
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William Fevre Chablis (Domaine) 2022
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$35.88
$37.41
Distinct shellfish notes. Plenty of volume, a fleshy sunny character on the palate, freshened by lingering salinity...
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William Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy 2021
750ml - Case of 6
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$58.25
The 2021 Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy is pretty and aromatic, bursting with notes of orange zest, green apple, white...
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William Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$68.01
89-91 A ripe and agreeably fresh nose reflects mild exotic influences to the iodine, quinine and dried yellow orchard...
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William Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$84.26
Lemon oil subtly pervades the mossy nose on this wine with richness and generosity. The juicy palate adds zestiness...
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William Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$58.72
90-93 An abundance of Chablis typicity is present on the aromas of mineral reduction, white orchard fruit, citrus...
750ml - Case of 6
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$77.81
750ml - Case of 6
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$80.12
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William Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Les Lys 2021
750ml - Case of 6
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$68.01
A fine example of Les Lys. This is a great combination of the acidity from a cooler site plus the extra acidity from...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$70.95
91-94 Firm reduction dominates the nose though wisps of citrus character can be discerned. In contrast to the Les...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$73.62
The 2017 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre ler Cru shows why this site is so highly regarded. Even with all of the...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$70.12
Subtle aromatics combine pear peel, creamy candlewax and green citrus into an alluring, fresh nose on this wine. The...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$75.45
Pink grapefruit, crème fraiche and biscuit nose. Fresh palate with a smooth texture and seamless zingy acidity....
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$71.95
$76.80
The 2020 Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre is a terrific success, unfurling in the glass with aromas of crisp...
750ml - Case of 6
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$70.12
The 2020 Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre is a terrific success, unfurling in the glass with aromas of crisp...
Chardonnay Sherry Zinfandel 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.
The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.