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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.60 $15.00
An inviting nose of peaches, sliced pears and dried orange peel. Medium-bodied with delightful texture. Bright and...
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Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $34.84
Rated 95 -Year in, year out, this exceptional Chenin Blanc vineyard delivers the goods.... it produces a wine with...
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Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
Colour: Dull straw yellow with greenish highlights. Bouquet: Fresh, with characteristic notes of hawthorn and fruit,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $33.94
• Certified organic. • 100% Chenin Blanc. • 40-50 year old vines. • South exposure. • Sand clay soil with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
12 bottles: $35.22
Delivers a saline beam that cuts through bruised apple and pastry notes. Concentrated on the palate, with floral lift...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
Notes of crushed wild berries and sweet plums with blue flowers and dried blood orange. Medium-bodied, juicy and...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.35
12 bottles: $15.05
We love Dolcetto. In the local tradition, this grape was cultivated on the best exposures, just above Nebbiolo...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.89
12 bottles: $23.41
This red is appealing in its softness, despite a base of light tannins and bright acidity. Allows the cherry and...
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Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $10.99
A crisp, expressive, light-bodied wine. Light straw in appearance. Vibrant aromas of quince, pear and pineapple. On...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.85
Floral aromas, with crisp notes of sweet spice. On the palate, giving plums and dark berries, with intensity and...
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Chenin Blanc Dolcetto Erbaluce In-Store or Curbside pickup

Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.

In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.