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92-94 The 2022 Chablis Bougros Grand Cru, matured around one-third in used barrel, sports a subtle reduction on the...
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93-95 The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Cote de Bouguerots has a very intense, quite mineral-driven bouquet with...
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The 2017 Chablis Bougros Côte Bouguerots Grand Cru is mind-bending. Usually a more powerful Chablis, in 2017 the...
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Hazelnut-like smokiness folds itself around lemon notes on this wine's creamy nose. The palate comes in with rounded...
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This too offers a wonderfully broad range of classic Chablis elements that include mineral reduction, iodine, ocean...
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93-95 The 2021 Chablis Bougros Côte Bouguerots Grand Cru, which was cropped at just 17hl/ha this year, has an...
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From the largest of the Chablis Grand Cru, this wine shows a lively fruit character but also a powerful, taut mineral...
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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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Fèvre's largest grand cru, with 4ha located higher up in Les Clos, meaning this is cooler climate and with much more...
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Aromas of orange zest, peach, oyster shells, white flowers and freshly baked bread preface the 2021 Chablis Grand Cru...
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Along with the Côte Bouguerots and Les Lys, this possesses the most elegant nose in the range with an ultra-pure...
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Chardonnay Ice Wine Listan Bianco Red Bordeaux

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.

There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.