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The Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is golden in color. Aromas of yellow apple, melon, citrus zest and mango meld beautifully...
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This complex white wine is light golden in color, with lemon blossom, mandarin, and pink lady apple aromas. The...
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This complex white wine is light golden in color, with lemon blossom, mandarin, and pink lady apple aromas. The...
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750ml
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Refined and open-textured, with a buttery and toasty allure to the airy blend of white fruit and spice flavors. The...
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750ml
Bottle: $29.16 $32.40
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Vibrant, fresh and focused, with Meyer lemon, fresh ginger and apple notes on a crisp frame, while hints of sea salt...
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750ml
Bottle: $59.90
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This Fort Ross-Seaview Estate Property boasts a whopping 11 acres of planted vineyards several miles east of the...
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The 2021 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast) is fabulous. Deep and layered, with remarkable density, the 2021 is seriously...
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Bottle: $84.00
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The 2020 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is a blend of declassified barrels from Ferren's single-vineyard program. It was...
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750ml
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The 2020 Chardonnay Frei Road Vineyard, matured for 12 months in 33% new French oak and six months in stainless...
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750ml
Bottle: $36.99 $39.60
This is really tangy and vivid with sliced lemons and green apples with stone and white peaches. Some flowers and...
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750ml
Bottle: $23.76 $26.40
Brilliant in apples, vanilla, butter and pineapples, this full-bodied and silky-textured wine grabs attention with...
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750ml
Bottle: $68.40
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A ripe golden hue, the 2021 Chardonnay Far Coast Vineyard offers more broadness right away with its perfume of...
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750ml
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Sonoma Coast | Unprecedented conditions on Sonoma County’s far coast require resolute Chardonnay vines to persevere...
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750ml
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Striking notes of vanilla bean, sage, Asian pear, crushed white stones, and pastry flour, with a fantastic weight....
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750ml
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This wine opens with bright aromas of Meyer lemon and yellow apple, punctuated by hints of butterscotch and subtle...
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750ml
Bottle: $18.40
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LOLA Chardonnay is pale gold in color with aromas of tropical fruits and citrus, complimented by delicate floral...
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750ml
Bottle: $39.90
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Bright, tangy citrus aromas lead to equally lively, refreshing flavors in this charming, full-bodied wine. Lemons,...
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Chardonnay United States California Sonoma Coast 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.