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Certified Organic. Tete du Clos, located inside of the 1er Cru Les Morgeots, is a small walled-in parcel containing...
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Certified Organic. Dancer has only 0.29-hectares of this great terroir. Drawn from vines planted mostly in 1963 (but...
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A fresh, bracing version, offering lemon, apple and light spice flavors. Clean and expressive, this picks up a...
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The 2018 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is fabulous, unwinding to reveal complex aromas of citrus oil, warm bread,...
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Rich wine with generally very mineral notes. Fine floral notes as also acacia. The mouth is full. Power is present,...
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Lemon oil subtly pervades the mossy nose on this wine with richness and generosity. The juicy palate adds zestiness...
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Subtle aromatics combine pear peel, creamy candlewax and green citrus into an alluring, fresh nose on this wine. The...
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A subtle nose on this wine evokes chalk made moist with ripe Amalfi lemon juiciness. The palate plays these twin...
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The maiden 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet En Remilly 1er Cru comes from a rented parcel from Monnot’s grandmother, next...
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Chardonnay Vernaccia Viognier 2018

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.

Although primarily associated with the Rhone region of France, the precise origins of the Viognier grape variety are unknown, and the subject of much debate. However, these fine and delicate green skinned grapes are an important varietal for many of France's most elegant white wines, and they are quickly beginning to spread around the New World, too, where wineries are discovering their unique qualities and unusual character. Viognier grapes are notoriously difficult to grow, due to the fact they are highly susceptible to mildew, but wineries persevere with them nonetheless, producing wines which are highly aromatic and have a great, fruit-forward character. Their delicate aroma suggests sweetness due to its flowery, sappy nature, but the wine itself generally very dry and crisp, and full of summery, light and refined qualities.