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Deep nose with a sharp mineral overtone to the complex aromas of white sesame, praline, grilled spices and roasted...
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Lovely aromas of apricot, lavender and caramel ebb into bright flavors of lemon/lime, and a fresh, lengthy finish has...
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The 2020 Capensis Western Cape Chardonnay is a culmination of eight remarkable vineyards – a balanced, layered, and...
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• Practicing organic.
• 100% Chardonnay.
• From a single site in Vertus.
• 50+ year old vines.
• Indigenous...
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COLOR: Shiny yellow with green highlights.
NOSE: The nose is expressive, lemony and mineral, well balanced with dry...
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COLOR: Pale Golden.
NOSE: Candied Orange, Hazelnut, hot Brioche.
FLAVOR: Long lasting finish and great aging potential.
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COLOR: Bright yellow in colour with green hues.
NOSE: A complex and expressive nose of white flowers, underlined by...
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Secondary fermentation aromas render the nose unreadable today. Here too there is good energy and delineation to the...
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The 2020 Pouilly-Fuissé Tête de Cuvée, a blend of the various soils from 40 parcels mainly around Fuissé is aged...
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$81.88
The 2020 Pouilly-Fuissé Le Clos ler Cru which comes from the walled vineyard, the only officially-recognised Premier...
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$89.78
Buttery and rich, this white delivers apple pie, citronella and baking spice flavors. Harmonious, finding a nice...
750ml - Case of 12
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The aromatic profile is very complex and extensive. The mouth is full of notes of ripe black fruit, cherry juice, and...
750ml - Case of 12
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This wine is mineral, fragrant, dry and balanced. With age, it develops notes of flinty stone and toasted almonds. it...
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From seven acres and the only Chardonnay Colene Clemens produces, the 2020 Chardonnay is ripe with aromas of candied...
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This complex white wine is light golden in color, with lemon blossom, mandarin, and pink lady apple aromas. The...
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From gypsum marly Kemper soils and vinified in 300-liter barrels for a year and for another seven months sur lie in...
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The remarkable stony and sunny soil is captured in this powerful and complex wine. It flourishes with age and...
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Round and powerful, this wine also shows flowery aromas and a great minerality on finish in the mouth. Great texture....
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Freshness and floral hints with structure and finesse, this wine is a balanced, elegant, and harmonious. Serve around...
Chardonnay Cognac Furmint Grappa 2020 12 Ship Free Items
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.
For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.
Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.
Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.
Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.
Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.