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"Full of life! A bouquet of citrus aromas, and then we find honey and vanilla. In the mouth, it's funky, spontaneous,...
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The Montée de Tonnerre is new to the Julien Brocard line up starting in the 2020 vintage. Julien began converting...
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Shows spicy marmalade, mango and generous juicy lemony notes at the core, with toast, spices and a hint of buttery...
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This refreshing wine is cold fermented in stainless steel tanks to create a pure expression of this exceptional...
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America's #1 selling Chardonnay for 30 years and counting! It's no wonder Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay is our most...
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This beautiful blend of McCrea and Kistler Vineyard Chardonnay has delicate flavors of stone fruits and layers of...
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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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There's an oceanic quality to the nose; lime blossom and sea shells. Fresh, evolving and textured with layered...
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The color of this Grand Ardeche is characterized by a pale golden color. This wine offers lovely notes of brioche,...
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Such a classic Corton Charlemagne! Stunningly concentrated and powerful, but also so graceful. Very racy at the long...
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An excellent introduction to this literally and metaphorically cool wine that has a wonderful balance of...
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Attractive aromas of white peach, dried mango, cream, smoked almond and flint. It’s medium-to full-bodied with...
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This fresh, brilliant pale-gold Chardonnay shows delicate varietal aromas with flavors of apple and melon offset by...
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This is very subtle and complete with cooked lemons and apples and a complement of straw and gunpowder. Full-bodied,...
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The 2019 Chardonnay Martinelli Road is an attractive, easygoing wine to drink now and over the next handful of years....
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From vines planted in 1989, the 2020 Chardonnay Martinelli Road pours a youthful straw/silver color. Smoky incense...
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From the lieu-dit of Les Gréchons but not entitled to the premier cru appellation, Méo's 2017 Ladoix offers up...
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Oliver Morin produces two cuvées of Chitry. Both come from the domaine's own sustainably farmed vineyards, which are...
Chardonnay Moschofilero Petit Rouge Rapid Ship
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.
Greece has many AOC regions, each with their own signature grape varietal which is cultivated and processed to an exceptionally high degree of excellence. The AOC of Mantinia on the beautiful expansive plateau of the Peloponnese has the Moschofilero varietal, a gray colored white variety which produces exceptional Blanc de Gris wines. A delicate grape, highly sensitive to adverse weather conditions, it is nonetheless prized by wine makers for its unique attributes and the quality of the wine which can be made from it. Although commonly compared to western European Muscat wines, the Moschofilero grapes produce wine which is in a league of its own – full of floral aromas containing heavy, almost soporific notes of rose petals and violets. The flavor of the wine tends to be spicy, and leans more towards earthy mineral flavors rather than fruit ones, making it perfect as an aperitif or coupled with salty olives and cheeses.
Moschofilero wines tend to be elegant and subtle, with their strength being in their crispness, and the bouquet of floral aromas rising from the glass. The finest Moschofilero wines to come out of Greece in recent decades have included the Tselopos, whose high altitude vineyards have seemingly mastered the potential and complexity of this gray grape to international acclaim.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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