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3.0Ltr
Bottle: $195.00
Very beautiful and perfumed with floral and fresh cherry character. Medium-bodied, silky and creamy with a lovely...
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750ml
Bottle: $38.75 $40.79
12 bottles: $38.00
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $352.75
Pale gold color. The bouquet has notes of ripe peach and apricot. On the palate, this wine is broad and rich with...
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750ml
Bottle: $33.67
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Brilliant yellow. Pungent, mineral-accented Meyer lemon and pear nectar scents show very good clarity and hints of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.58
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For this excellent blend, 25% new French oak was employed. It retains its vivid apple-flavored intensity, while...
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3.0Ltr
Bottle: $903.00
#100, 2016 Top 100. A broad, charming white, featuring lemon, baked apple, vanilla, clove and nutmeg flavors, with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $38.98
12 bottles: $38.20
Rated 97 in 2016, 2014 not rated.
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750ml
Bottle: $60.05
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This is another stunner from Pellet Estate, from a high-elevation vineyard influenced by fog and wind. A wet stone...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.46
12 bottles: $27.89
The nose of white flowers, lemon oil, crushed rocks, and honey is enticing. This wine has beautiful bright acidity...
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $785.99
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $75.62
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $474.13
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $81.28
Love the aromas of flowers and strawberries with cherries that follow through to a medium body, firm and silky...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $763.54
Pale yellow-green. Musky aromas of lime and fresh herbs complicated by pepper, spices and a sexy suggestion of...
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $1484.95
The wine presents a vivid garnet red color and is characterized by a high spherical perception and persistency. It...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $636.62
The wine presents a vivid garnet red color and is characterized by a high spherical perception and persistency. It...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $57.45
Aromas of woodland berry, damp soil, new leather and crushed thyme form the nose along with a whiff of iris. Linear...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $103.45
Aromas of stone, chalk and cooked apple follow through to a full body, with so much sea salt, dried apple and pear...
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750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $524.21 $557.67
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750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $8001.45 $8241.93

Aligote Chardonnay Sangiovese 2014 Wine

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 name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.