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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $36.00
12 bottles: $34.20
This unique sparkling wine is 100% Chardonnay made in Methode Tradicional from two separate vineyards high up in the...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.60
12 bottles: $20.52
Rated 90 - The 2019 Alma 4 Chardonnay from San Pablo, Uco Valley was aged for 30 months and is a greenish yellow in...
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90
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
Rated 91 - The 2018 Rosé Pinot Noir from San Pablo, Uco Valley spent 40 months aging with yeast. Coppery in hue. The...
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91
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
• 100% Chardonnay. • Around 4,000 elevation. • Sandy, stony, and calcareous soil. • Élevage: 6 months in...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.00
12 bottles: $14.25
• 100% Pinot Noir. • Around 4,000 elevation. • Sandy, stony, and calcareous soil. • Élevage: 6 months in...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
6 bottles: $13.00
Bright golden color with elegant bubbles. Well-balanced and fresh in mouth. A white fruit aroma-characteristic of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.44 $16.25
12 bottles: $12.35
Rated 88 - There's some nice berry and citrus fruit here. A pleasant sparkling wine for a party, but it's nothing...
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88
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88
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $34.95 $36.79
Rated 91 - A fresh and exciting sparkling with aromas of dried flowers, wild strawberries, grapefruit, sea shells and...
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91
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $36.79
6 bottles: $36.05
Yellow color with greenish nuances. Fine and continual bubbles stream. First, the bouquet reveals intense honey, well...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $10.64 $12.05
Rated 91 - Sparkling Malbec roses are gaining popularity in Argentina. This Uco Valley example is one of the...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $24.84
Color: Yellow with greenish tones. Aroma: Delicate fruits of good acid balance such as white peach, fruity and...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $18.74
12 bottles: $17.58
Color: Golden yellow. Aroma: It is a wine that stands out for its floral aromas. Presents aromas of tropical white...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
• 100% Cabernet Franc. • Single vineyard in the Vista Flores region in the Uco Valley, Yin Yang Vineyard, located...
Sparkling
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
• 100% Viognier. • Single vineyard: Yin Yang Vineyard, 4.5 acres planted in 2014. • Loamy, sandy, and clay...

Champagne Blend Argentina Cuyo Mendoza

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.

As the world's fifth largest producer of wine, after France, Italy, Spain and the United States, Argentina has plenty to offer the international wine market in regards to both quantity and quality. Despite this being the case for several decades now, it has only been since the end of the twentieth century that the Argentinian wine industry has really begun to up their game when it comes to the methods and techniques required to produce world class wines, which are both representative of their country and region of origin, and which stand alone as complex, interesting and delicious wines to drink. As Argentina became a serious contender in the international wine market, wineries previously concerned primarily with high volumes began to change their priorities, and formerly struggling small bodegas and independent wineries began to find success. Nowadays, well crafted wines from smaller vineyards in Argentina are being lauded as some of the finest in the world, and the country is starting to reap the benefits of its heritage, which include some very old vines, and up to four centuries of experience in wine production.

Undoubtedly the most important viticultural region of the country of Argentina is Cuyo, the arid and red-soiled area within central-west Argentina which produces over eighty percent of the nation's wine each year. Cuyo represents the finest aspects of Argentinian wine making, with wineries in the region celebrating their traditions which stretch back to the sacramental wines first introduced to the country by Spanish settlers hundreds of years ago. As with much of Argentina, Cuyo is most famous for the production of Malbec wines, with Malbec grapes thriving prodigiously in the hot climate of the region, reaching full ripeness in ways they rarely could in their native France, and producing wines of exceptional flavor and quality. The Desaguadero River is the key water source in this otherwise dry and dusty region, and successful irrigation projects have helped bring water to even the driest vineyards within Cuyo.

When it comes to Argentinian wines, one region stands head and shoulders above the rest. The high altitude wine region of Mendoza has been producing high quality wines for some time now, and has established itself as one of the premier homes of New World viticulture, thanks to its combination of bold, Latin American approaches to winemaking coupled with a European flair for excellence and finesse.

Today, the Mendoza accounts for almost two-thirds of the Argentinian wine output, making it a dominating force in the country’s industry, and wines from Mendoza are exported all over the world. Its success comes from several factors - not least for the fact that it is one of the oldest and most well established New World wine regions, having been planted in the mid 19th century and allowed to develop from heritage vines of the finest European specimens. The altitude is certainly a key factor when it comes to Mendoza. The average elevation of vineyards in this region is 1000 metres above sea level, a factor which creates almost unparalleled consistency in climatic conditions, allowing the vintners to regulate their growing and harvesting for optimum effect.

Mendoza is primarily a Malbec producer, although Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo and Chardonnay varietal grapes are also grown here to great effect. The Malbec grapes of Argentina tend to have a higher level of expression and flavor than those in its native France, because Mendoza Malbec grows in smaller bunches, with smaller, more intensely charactered berries.