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750ml
Bottle: $10.80 $12.00
Blend 100% Chardonnay Harvest March 11 & March 21, 2023 Bottled August 2023 Barrel Regime 100% Stainless. Alcohol 14%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.25 $12.50
100% Pinot Noir grown on alluvial soils over clay and gravel. The canopies are lush and protect the delicate pinot...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.89
Medium red in color with beautiful aromas of cherries, mixed berries and a touch of purple flowers. Well balanced...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.28
Medium red in color with beautiful aromas of cherries, mixed berries and a touch of purple flowers. Well balanced...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.54 $17.59
12 bottles: $16.21
A pure chardonnay here with some wet stones, green pineapples and lime. Nice texture on the crisp, linear palate. A...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.45 $25.28
12 bottles: $19.10
The showy and expressive 2019 Ritual Chardonnay has notes of yellow fruit, full development of aromas and flavors,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.75 $25.28
12 bottles: $17.49
The bright varietal 2019 Ritual Pinot Noir shows expressive and clean notes of red berries and wild herbs, with good...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.58 $14.30
12 bottles: $11.40
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.64 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.58 $14.30
12 bottles: $11.40
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.64 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.94 $20.88
6 bottles: $18.56
Savory cranberries and red cherries, wild herbs and boysenberries. A structured pinot with juicy sour fruit on the...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $22.00 $23.16
6 bottles: $13.00
A crisp blend of tropical fruit aromas with peach, banana and wood tones. Discover the crisp flavors and tropical...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.45 $13.11
12 bottles: $7.61
A crisp blend of tropical fruit aromas with peach, banana and wood tones. Discover the crisp flavors and tropical...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.45 $13.11
12 bottles: $5.89
Fruity and fresh, a succulent treat for the taste buds. Savor fruity and fresh flavors and aromas with smooth notes...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.49 $12.09
12 bottles: $6.64
This wine is a bright golden-yellow in color with fruity aromas of peaches and melon. The palate presents good volume...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $104.20
The austere and tight 2021 Selección de Parcelas Los Primos Chardonnay feels very young. It was harvested the second...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $98.94
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $37.06
• 100% Pinot Noir. • Naturally fermented. • 50% whole bunch. • Extraction kept to a minimum during active...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $99.19
So perfumed with honey, melon, lilac flower and cooked apple aromas. Just a hint of cream. Full body yet linear and...
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Chardonnay Pinot Noir Pisco Chile South Africa

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.

Regularly described as being the grape varietal responsible for producing the world's most romantic wines, Pinot Noir has long been associated with elegance and a broad range of flavors The name means 'black pine' in French, and this is due to the fact that the fruit of this particular varietal is especially dark in color, and hangs in a conical shape, like that of a pine cone. Despite being grown today in almost every wine producing country, Pinot Noir is a notoriously difficult grape variety to cultivate. This is because it is especially susceptible to various forms of mold and mildew, and thrives best in steady, cooler climates. However, the quality of the fruit has ensured that wineries and vintners have persevered with the varietal, and new technologies and methods have overcome many of the problems it presents. Alongside this, the wide popularity and enthusiasm for this grape has ensured it will remain a firm favorite amongst wine drinkers for many years to come.

Chile has a long and rich wine history which dates back to the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century, who were the first to discover that the wonderful climate and fertile soils of this South American country were ideal for vine cultivation. It has only been in the past forty or fifty years, however, that Chile as a modern wine producing nation has really had an impact on the rest of the world. Generally relatively cheap in price,Whilst being widely regarded as definitively 'New World' as a wine producing country, Chile has actually been cultivating grapevines for wine production for over five hundred years. The Iberian conquistadors first introduced vines to Chile with which to make sacramental wines, and although these were considerably different in everything from flavor, aroma and character to the wines we associate with Chile today, the country has a long and interesting heritage when it comes to this drink. Chilean wine production as we know it first arose in the country in the mid to late 19th century, when wealthy landowners and industrialists first began planting vineyards as a way of adopting some European class and style. They quickly discovered that the hot climate, sloping mountainsides and oceanic winds provided a perfect terroir for quality wines, and many of these original estates remain today in all their grandeur and beauty, still producing the wines which made the country famous.

Situated on the very tip of the African continent, South Africa has proved itself over three centuries to be an ideal location for producing a wide range of wines. Benefiting from something not dissimilar to a Mediterranean climate, with long, hot summers complemented by both Atlantic and Indian Ocean winds, the grapes which grow on the valleys, mountainsides and plains of this fascinating country can ripen to their fullest capacity, producing wines packed full of fruity flavors and an array of interesting and enticing aromas. As a former colony, South Africa has long since been home to a range of different nationalities, who each brought something of their wine culture with them. As such, many European grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and others have been given time to flourish in South Africa, allowing the country to develop a diverse group of wine types which are proving increasingly popular around the world.