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Dry, easy drinking wine with notes of quince, pear and granny smith apples.
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The Basics This wine is meant to be enjoyed with a variety of foods, ranging from Asian to Mexican dishes. The Taste...
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• 100% Carignan. • Practicing Organic. • Poor Ranch Vyd (mult-generational family owned on benchland outside...
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Restrained fruit and blanched almond aromas are followed by subtle dried herbs, Bosc pears and toasted brioche...
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• 100% Chenin Blanc from the unique Clarksburg AVA in the Sacramento River delta. • Dense clay and loam soils....
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We are proud to have produced Dry Chenin Blanc each and every year since our family winery was founded in 1972....
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The 2022 Chenin Blanc Jurassic Park Vineyard emerges from one of the top sites in Santa Barbara. The pedigree here is...
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• Practicing Organic • 100% Chenin Blanc. • Ascona Vineyard (Santa Cruz Mountains AVA). • Vaqueros sandstone...
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A full body and a rich mouthfeel dominate this 82% semillon and 18% sauvignon blanc wine. Golden apples, Bosc pears...
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his wine has alluring weight and richness, a silky texture and subtle aromas of Bosc pear, white pepper, chamomile,...
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• 100% Chenin Blanc. • Sourced from Happy Canyon Vineyard and Jurassic Park Vineyard in Santa Ynez Valley. •...
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Aroma : Black cherry, sarsaparilla, cacao. Flavor : Salted plum, black raspberry, cola.
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Soft tannin and stimulating acidity rise to meet this deeply fruited, social wine. Carignan from this beloved site...
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• Practicing Organic. • 100% Chenin Blanc. • Lyman Ranch (Amador County). • Red granitic soils. • Planted...
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Expected delicacy and softness in the mouthfeel are balanced by just enough acidity to refresh the palate and leave...
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Carignan Chenin Blanc Semillon United States 750ml

Carignan is an ancient blue-skinned grape varietal, thought to be indigenous to the Aragon region of Spain. However, today it is most commonly associated with the fine wines of southern France, and has been grown in many countries around the world which have the warm and dry conditions it requires to thrive. Carignan is recognized as being quite a sensitive vine, highly susceptible to all kinds of rot and mildew, although producing excellent results when given the right conditions and handled correctly. Its high tannin levels and acidity make the Carignan grapes very astringent, and as such, they are often used as a blending grape to give body to other, lesser bodied varietals. Despite this, with careful treatment, Carignan can produce superb single varietal wines packed full of character and unique attributes.

Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.

Semillon was, at one point not so long ago, widely believed to be one of the most grown grape varietals in the world. Whilst today the numbers of Semillon grapes has dropped considerably, it remains a widely planted grape with vineyards all over Europe and the New World dedicated to making the most of this special and flavorful varietal. The grapes are recognizable by their golden color, and the fact that they can take on a pinkish hue in particularly warm climates. The wines the Semillon grape produces are notably varied, and are often very crisp and dry, or sweet and soft, full of a wide range of flavors Commonly, dry Semillon wines are particularly citrus in flavor, with a delicate and summery bouquet. The vine is hardy and vigorous, and notable for being easy to grow and produce high yields from.

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.