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100% Melon de Bourgogne. Pépière has vines in a couple of different zones of the cru of Monnières-St.-Fiacre...
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30-60 year old vines located north of the Lac de Grandlieu. Vineyards are planted densely with 7,000 vines per hectare.
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375ml
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Among the greatest sweet wines in the world. Let's get that straight. Only equalled by Germany. There is density and...
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$35.90
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The oldest vines in all of Soave: pre-phylloxera centurions, many nearly 140-years-old. The vinosity, sap, mineral...
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All tank fermented. A straight-shooting, mid-weighted force of mineral, quince paste, almond husk and Meyer lemon....
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A beautiful combination of density, finesse and appealing bitter flavors on the back of the palate. The complexity...
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From a high desert site in the Gabilan Mountains, neighboring Pinnacles State Park. Harvested from a south facing...
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Showing straw yellow, Camporengo Garganega releases an appealing, elegantly balanced bouquet composed of floral...
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Racy, bone-dry and loaded with tension, this intriguing white offers delicate scents of white spring flower,...
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The salubrious flagship, crafted with a cordon cut technique to concentrate the fruit across a meld of three...
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$34.93
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Offers a rich note of petrol on the nose, which underscores the palate's flavors of blood orange, pink grapefruit...
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Red volcanic ferrous soils with ample black basalt strewn amidst. Suits the later ripening Garganega, while screw cap...
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$18.00
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Aromas of white stone fruit, peach peel and almond. Medium-bodied with notes of peach and nectarine on the palate. A...
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Moon yellow color. It smell clean and spicy, highlighted by delicious hints of tropical fruit. Medium-bodied taste...
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A classic Pecorino-based wine is dry and minerally, straw yellow in color and has an elegantly floral bouquet of...
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Italy is a fine country for white grape varietals, and white wines have been produced in this ancient country for thousands of years. One of the more popular varietals in the modern age is Garganega, which is currently the 5th most planted white grape across Italy. This grape is most closely associated with the Veneto region of Italy, although it is also grown in Sicily, where it is known as Grecanico Dorato. Garganega is a rigorous, hardy grape, which can grow in huge yields - explaining its popularity in the past. Today, winemakers must be careful to keep yields as low as possible, as this a varietal which can easily lose its distinctive characteristics and fine qualities when grown in bulk.
We know Garganega most commonly from the Soave wines which have been consistently popular over the past few decades. Indeed, the Soave Classico wines which still sell in large quantities across the globe are made from 70%-100% Garganega varietal grapes, and these wines showcase the varietal’s fresh and delicate qualities. The most common flavors present in Garganega wines are delicate, citrus notes, balanced by a hint of almond, and the best examples have remarkable balance and length, with wonderful aromatic notes.
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.