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Le Petit Cheval Bordeaux Blanc 2020
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$161.12
The 2020 Le Petit Cheval (Blanc) is fabulous. Rich, creamy and wonderfully expansive, the 2020 is just gorgeous....
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Le Petit Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$45.29
The 2021 Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc is a stellar wine that very much captures both the style of the year and the...
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Les Champs Libres Bordeaux Blanc 2019
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$164.62
This is very intense and powerful with dried apple, pear and aniseed. Crushed stone, too. Full-bodied and rather...
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Les Champs Libres Bordeaux Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$88.95
Les Champs Libres reveals a floral and complex nose. On the palate, the wine is rich and mineral, showing great...
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Opalie De Chateau Coutet Bordeaux Blanc 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$41.28
Fresh, forward citrus aromas with a buttery edge alongside vanilla and green fruit. Sharp, thrilling, expressive...
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Pagodes De Cos Bordeaux Blanc 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$63.28
94-95 This is a really pretty second wine, showing a very contrastive palate of dried lemons and mangos with zingy...
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Pagodes De Cos Bordeaux Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$58.12
A creamy and beautiful white with sliced apple, pear, honeydew melon, and crushed stone character on both the nose...
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Pagodes De Cos Bordeaux Blanc 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$63.47
Green mango and papaya as well as limes on the nose follow through to a full body with lovely density and hints of...
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R De Rieussec Blanc Sec 2020
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$50.73
Powerful, harmonious nose with notes of citrus, mango, and other exotic fruit. The direct, energetic attack on the...
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R De Rieussec Blanc Sec 2022
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$58.60
Sharp and tangy, bright, energetic and so lively in the mouth. Keeps a sense of calm and seriousness, the brightness...
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S De Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$55.32
The 2020 Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes is a more serious, age-worthy effort that's going to shine on the dinner...
Melon de Bourgogne Mencia Verdicchio White Bordeaux
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.
France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.