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White
750ml
Bottle: $44.84 $48.00
This elegant wine merges tangy and rich aspects beautifully. It starts with crisp apple and ginger aromas, then...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.25 $30.79
12 bottles: $28.50
Coming from the Uco Valley in Argentina, the 2018 Southern Sojourn is 75% Malbec and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon that was...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $824.77
6 bottles: $808.27
This was the last wine I tasted on my three-week Burgundy tour and it was a great way to finish. Sourced from a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $174.95
12 bottles: $171.45
90-93 A mildly exotic character is present on the layered aromas of both yellow and white orchard fruit tinged with...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $37.40
A light, bright and sophisticated coastal white, this wine is focused fresh pear and apple, with well-integrated oak...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $43.69 $47.60
Deeply extracted flavors of Meyer lemon, apple and peach are cloaked in lighter touches of new oak. Some 20% of the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.79 $37.20
12 bottles: $34.20
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.20
12 bottles: $13.92
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White
750ml
Bottle: $167.40 $180.00
Open and aromatic with honeysuckle flowers, dried apples and mangoes, as well as white peaches and stone....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.90 $29.20
12 bottles: $27.34
Showing a bright pale yellow colour, our Pouilly-Vinzelles "En Paradis" offers an intense floral nose with subtle...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.33
The 2018 Malbec Mauricio Lorca from Vista Flores, Uco Valley is unaged and purple in color, delivering pure aromas of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.90
12 bottles: $63.60
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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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $42.00
6 bottles: $41.16
Limpid straw-yellow. Vibrant, mineral-driven citrus and orchard fruit, honeysuckle, fennel and quinine qualities on...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
Intense dried fruit aromas combine with forestal notes of anise and chlorophyll. Firm mouthfeel with a touch of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $114.00
12 bottles: $111.72
Hawthorn and honeysuckle aromas mixing with hazelnut and fresh butter. The palate is mellow and lasting, lifted up...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $120.00
12 bottles: $117.60
A wine that develops a complex and full-bodied aromatic range with notes of toasted bread and honey. This is coupled...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $48.87
12 bottles: $47.89
A straightforward chardonnay with light melon aromas, as well as chamomile. The palate has smooth, bright-fruit...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.78 $28.00
12 bottles: $26.60
Love the aromas of fossilized shells and sliced cooked apples. Quince and aniseed, too. Perfumed. Full-bodied, yet...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $97.99
The 2018 Malbec Pyros Limestone Hill from the Pedernal Valley, San Juan is made with grapes from vines planted in a...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $54.14
The almost insolent richness of this Chablis makes it an ideal wine for an aperitif, as well as an excellent...
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Chardonnay Ice Wine Malbec 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.

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.