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Colour: Straw-yellow with golden hues. Delightful sparkling with fine and persistent “perlage”.
Nose: Complex,...
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• 45% Xarel.lo, 45% Macabeu, and 10% Parellada from a total of 11 hectares of vineyards.
• Altitude: 200-400...
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A complex and expertly made English bubbly from one of the nation's top estates, this opens with some struck match...
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A bubbly with richness and verve, this cuvee offers lilting apple tart, creme brulee and lemon verbena flavors that...
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Richly structured yet refreshing and lively, with lemon tart, nectarine, fresh brioche and spicy ginger accents that...
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Succulent and seductive, with festive raspberry and lemon crème brûlée flavors accented by fresh gingerbread and...
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Beautiful citrus, lemon zest, flowers, and honeyed notes emerge from the 2019 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc, a...
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Light and bright in appearance. Spicy citrus aromas fill the nose supported by saline and green apple notes. The...
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Disgorged with five grams per liter dosage in February 2016, Moussé's NV Extra Brut Anecdote Lieu Dit Les Varosses...
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Early picking dates result in naturally high levels of acidity and a bright spectrum of fruit flavours ideal in rosé...
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The 2019 is a different cuvee and another world. It's 34% Pinot Noir from Aÿ and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, and 66%...
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Pardas wanted to create a blend that captured each of their "plots," highlighting the subtle nuances of the clay and...
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Bright, Straw yellow. Small and delicate bubble clean and citrus aroma with floral hints balanced and long lasting...
Champagne Blend Garganega White Rhone Blend 1995 2019 750ml
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
Italy is a fine country for white grape varietals, and white wines have been produced in this ancient country for thousands of years. One of the more popular varietals in the modern age is Garganega, which is currently the 5th most planted white grape across Italy. This grape is most closely associated with the Veneto region of Italy, although it is also grown in Sicily, where it is known as Grecanico Dorato. Garganega is a rigorous, hardy grape, which can grow in huge yields - explaining its popularity in the past. Today, winemakers must be careful to keep yields as low as possible, as this a varietal which can easily lose its distinctive characteristics and fine qualities when grown in bulk.
We know Garganega most commonly from the Soave wines which have been consistently popular over the past few decades. Indeed, the Soave Classico wines which still sell in large quantities across the globe are made from 70%-100% Garganega varietal grapes, and these wines showcase the varietal’s fresh and delicate qualities. The most common flavors present in Garganega wines are delicate, citrus notes, balanced by a hint of almond, and the best examples have remarkable balance and length, with wonderful aromatic notes.
The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the historic wineries and skilled vintners of the area. The secret to the Rhone's success when it comes to blended white wines is the careful and expert selection of certain grape varietals, which each lend special features to the blended wine and bring balance and harmony to the bottle. Most commonly, blended white Rhone wines feature no more than two grapes of either the Viognier, Rousanne, Marsanne or Grenache Blanc varietals, and are renowned for their exceptional flavors and highly aromatic, floral character.