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750ml
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$469.94
12 bottles:
$460.54
Lush and creamy, this white offers spice-tinged peach, apple tart, vanilla and butterscotch flavors. Builds nicely to...
750ml
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$42.05
12 bottles:
$41.21
From a vineyard that has since been designated as part of the new Petaluma Gap appellation, this wine shows the fog...
750ml
Bottle:
$31.00
12 bottles:
$30.38
Preserved lemon, orange blossoms, white grapefruit, and struck flint, with saline-like minerality due to strong...
750ml
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$112.00
6 bottles:
$111.20
750ml - Case of 12
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$25.38
A distinctive version of Chardonnay, with obvious skin contact, showing delicate tannins and zesty flavors of orange...
750ml - Case of 6
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$40.54
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Ballot Millot Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres 2015
750ml - Case of 12
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$260.95
The 2015 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru has a crisp, precise bouquet of Granny Smith apples, crushed stone and a...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$627.15
The 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Grand Cru offers up a youthful but expressive bouquet of hazelnut, apple,...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$649.95
$687.78
The 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Grand Cru offers up a youthful but expressive bouquet of hazelnut, apple,...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$238.95
The 2015 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrieres offers up an attractively pure nose of chamomile, citrus, pomelo and fresh...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$100.95
2015 was a textbook vintage and this is a great Cervaro. Citrus, cream and white flowers on the nose lead seamlessly...
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Catena Zapata Chardonnay White Bones 2015
750ml - Case of 3
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$88.12
Extraordinary quality that rivals many grand cru Chablis. This is an intense, focused Chardonnay sourced from a...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$211.66
Golden hue. Open nose on yellow fruits, some lemon and oaky notes. Full, fleshy mouth hold by a large mineral...
750ml - Case of 3
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$1116.28
750ml - Case of 6
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$51.87
Cayuga Chardonnay Picpoul Savatiano 2015
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.
Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.
However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?