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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.95 $46.80
Rated 89 - The 2017 Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyards opens with aromas of lemon meringue, popcorn, banana chip and...
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89
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88
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.31 $23.21
COLOR: Gold with green tints. NOSE: Pronounced lemon citrus core with tree fruits of pear and crisp apple lined with...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $41.32 $47.22
This unique, zero-dosage Champagne boasts the perfect balance of dryness and sweetness resulting in a clean, crisp...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $25.19 $28.79
In 1955, a group of wine growers from the village of Mardeuil, a small village on the hillsides of Epernay, joined...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $28.00 $32.00
Rated 91 - This lively Champagne is bright and balanced, with spicy mineral and graphite accents underscoring the...
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91
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90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $5.89
Yellow straw with green highlights in the glass. Fresh and mineral on the nose with yeasty notes. Full bodied on the...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $7.70 $11.00
Aromas of red fruits, jams and cassis complemented by soft notes of pastries and yeast fruit of its aging in contact...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.50 $28.00
100% Chardonnay; From a single parcel in Chassagne-Montrachet; 20+ year old vines; South-facing; Indigenous yeast;...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.83 $42.10
Light yellow robe, intense white flower and almond nose with gourmet toasty notes, ripe citrus fruits revealed in the...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $14.78 $17.60
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.63 $27.00
Rated 91 - Here's a lovely sparkling wine that offers a floral fragrance of white flowers and tropical fruit. The...
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91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.65 $30.46
Rated 91 - Partially fermented in barrique, the NV Franciacorta Brut Rosé is an accessible blend of 40% Chardonnay,...
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91
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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.60 $46.40
Rated 95 - This is very subtle and complete with cooked lemons and apples and a complement of straw and gunpowder....
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95
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.00 $48.00
Rated 92 - The 2019 Chardonnay Martinelli Road is an attractive, easygoing wine to drink now and over the next...
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92
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White
375ml
Bottle: $12.60 $15.00
Intense straw yellow eye. The nose is rich and full but is also letting thru pure notes of a salty minerality not...
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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $24.57 $28.08
Rated 91 - This offers fresh and attractive fruit aromas with a gently flinty, white-peach and white-flower fragrance...
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91
WE
90
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.75 $18.00
The 2019 Butterfield Station Chardonnay is a light straw color in the glass and opens with luscious aromas of baked...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.99 $44.94
Les Pierres is a beautiful, pale straw color with a slightly green hue. This particular vintage is richly aromatic...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.50 $28.00
Very fresh bouquet with notes of citrus and whitefleshed fruit, with a very slightly oaky finish. Fresh and supple,...

Champagne Blend Chardonnay Italian Red Blends End Bin Wine

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.