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$21.67
$24.08
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APPEARANCE: Light straw.
NOSE: Typical of Gavi, fine and pleasently fresh.
PALATE: Delicate, very dry, characterized...
750ml
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$34.93
$35.99
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$34.23
This has aromas of sliced apples, fresh pears, lemons and melon. Creamy and fresh with a light to medium body and...
750ml - Case of 12
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$14.25
Attractive pale-yellow hue with green tints, a sign of the wine’s youth. The seductively fresh and fruity nose...
750ml - Case of 12
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$14.25
Attractive pale-yellow hue with green tints, a sign of the wine’s youth. The seductively fresh and fruity nose...
750ml
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$20.94
12 bottles:
$20.52
From Bien Nacido in Santa Maria, this is a crisp, mineral driven wine with captivating brininess. Made for shucking...
750ml
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$18.94
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$18.56
Tenuous straw-yellow color with greenish reflections. An intense and fine odor with persistent fruity and flowery...
750ml - Case of 12
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$27.34
A pale straw yellow color, with an immediate nose of white blossoms, chamomile, ripe peach and citrus fruit. On the...
750ml
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$16.94
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$16.60
From the westernmost edge of the Loire Valley, where the Loire River meets the Atlantic Ocean, comes our savory and...
750ml
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$17.05
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$16.71
This wine is obtained by smoothly pressing the Cortese grapes grown in the villages of Gavi and Novi Ligure. Gavi is...
750ml - Case of 12
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$17.32
100% Cortese. The perfect white to stock your fridge with when friends and family come over. Beautiful apricot and...
750ml
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$12.94
$14.30
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$12.68
100% Cortese. The grapes used in this classic example of Gavi grew in the shadow of “Il Forte,” the iconic...
750ml - Case of 12
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$17.90
Straw yellow with slightly greenish reflections. Intense scents of white flowers and fruit exacerbated by a delicate...
750ml
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$13.94
$14.73
Made from 100% Cortese grapes, this delicious white is both soft and crisp. With a pleasant stony minerality, this...
750ml
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$42.94
$46.00
The Monterotondo is the Villa Sparina Cru obtained from rich, complex grapes from a historic, favourably exposed part...
750ml - Case of 12
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$43.19
Matured 18 months in traditional underground vats, the 2021 Clos des Bouquinardières reveals an abundance of herbs,...
750ml - Case of 6
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$45.94
Matured 18 months in traditional underground vats, the 2021 Clos des Bouquinardières reveals an abundance of herbs,...
750ml - Case of 12
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$166.57
Cortese Melon de Bourgogne Zierfandler
The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.
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.