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Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 2011
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$105.82
Scented of freshly squeezed lemons, lime leaves and orange blossoms with touches of struck match, crushed stones and...
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Cristom Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills 2021
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$53.28
What a pretty nose of white peaches, white lavender, hazelnuts and salted almonds. Full-bodied yet fresh, with sleek,...
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Daou Vineyards Chardonnay Reserve 2018
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$46.37
The 2018 Chardonnay opens with apple pie, baked quince, lemon curd and melon touches with notes of guava, dried hay,...
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DuMOL Chardonnay Highland Divide 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$82.79
The 2017 Chardonnay Highland Divide was barrel fermented and aged 12 months on the lees in 33% new oak. It's toasty...
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DuMOL Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$83.64
The 2017 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard is a super-classic wine from this well-known site in Carneros. Apricot, candied...
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DuMOL Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$84.08
The 2018 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard is elegant, with very pretty scents of saline, white blossoms, quince and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$133.60
Complex and attractive nose of grilled lemons, dried pineapples, ash, toasted rosemary, flint and salted butter. So...
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Hartford Court Chardonnay Seascape 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$105.55
The 2016 Hartford Court Chardonnay Seascape Vineyard leaps from the glass with exuberant notes of green mangoes,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$136.32
93-95 The 2012 Chardonnay Stone Cote Vineyard (a block within the Durell Vineyard planted on gravelly riverbed soils)...
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Hyde De Villaine Chardonnay Comandante 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$295.92
A dense, very focused chardonnay with cooked pineapple and peaches. It’s full-bodied with tightness and tension,...
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Hyde De Villaine Chardonnay De La Guerra 2017
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$125.16
The 2017 Chardonnay Le Debut Hyde Vineyard is a very pretty, open-knit wine loaded with class and personality. Light...
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Hyde De Villaine Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard 2018
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$97.99
Elegantly fruity, with tropical nuances to the rich white fruit and spice flavors that are well-structured. Tangerine...
Chardonnay United States
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.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.