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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $25.81 $27.17
6 bottles: $16.68
The Basics This wine is meant to be enjoyed with a variety of foods, ranging from Asian to Mexican dishes. The Taste...
White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $38.49
6 bottles: $37.72
This Graves is distinguished by its high percentage of Sémillon, sourced from vineyards in the greatest white wine...
White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $39.79
6 bottles: $38.99
The 2019 Les Fondraux might be a Vouvray in the demi-sec mold (residual sugar is in the region of 20g/L) but it is a...
VM
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $171.95
3 bottles: $168.51
Organic. Pruning method is Guyau Val de Loire. Grapes are harvested by hand and carefully sorted in the vineyard....
White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $134.95
3 bottles: $132.25
The 2018 Saumur Bizay Clos de Guichaux is from another monopole the family holds in Saumur. Planted in 2003 on silt...
WA
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $116.85 $123.00
A very pure, white-stone character on the nose, framed beautifully by some fresh, matchsticky reduction. This is...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $228.57 $240.60
Romain’s grandfather acquired this historic parcel on the hill of Brézé in 1955. It is one of the three clos of...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $312.93 $329.40
The 2018 Saumur Brézé Clos des Carmes derives from vines planted on a south-facing parcel. It offers up a delicate,...
WA
94
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $157.89 $166.20
A vivid, bright wine, with fresh lemon, white grapefruit and crisp pear following floral perfume accents. Shows...
WS
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $15.94 $18.22
This is a simple, refreshing white Bordeaux from importer Guillaume Touton, who works with several hundred producers...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $23.22 $25.80
6 bottles: $21.60
This is a simple, refreshing white Bordeaux from importer Guillaume Touton, who works with several hundred producers...
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White
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $461.95 $490.47
This is an exotic dry white with dried mango and pineapple and some slate throughout. Full-bodied with dense, rich...
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White
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $448.53 $477.16
This has a fresh, floral aroma, with honeysuckle and elderflower notes leading the way, followed by a rather creamy,...
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White
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $418.95 $443.32
Distinctive, with jasmine and elderflower notes leading off, followed by a racy set of white peach, white ginger and...
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White
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $501.21
A minerally and solid Ygrec with sliced pear, dried lemon and some green melon. Full and layered with a lemon-sherbet...
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White
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $384.01
Lime and spicy pear with crushed stone. Kumquats. Smoke and iron. Kiwi. Full and rounded with bitter pear and steel....
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White
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $2278.95
The white of the vintage is the 2016 Haut Brion Blanc, a Sauvignon-dominated blend that includes just under 30%...
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White
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $1161.87 $1236.03
An intriguing flash of mint gives way quickly to white peach, tangerine, dried pineapple and singed macadamia nut...
WS
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White
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $1229.96
Gorgeous, showing Bosc pear and Jonagold apple fruit laced with a bright green plum note and backed by alluring...
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White
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $110.36 $116.17
Gorgeous nose, pineapple, passionfruit and mandarin - smells so expressive. Fully flavoured on the palate, this is a...
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Chenin Blanc White Bordeaux 1.5Ltr

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.

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.