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A straightforward white, with fruit cocktail flavors and a short finish. Drink now. 6,000 cases made.
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$34.69
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Bright straw-yellow. Rather wild scents of peach pit, strawberry, lime peel, hazelnut and musky lees. Rich and dense...
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Bright and citrusy with a lemon-rind scent and broader, more apple like flavors, this wine’s texture, with its...
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Grapefruit pith, flint, roasted almonds and toasted lemons here. It’s medium-bodied, flinty and gently toasty with...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
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Slightly more expensive, the 2019 Chardonnay A26 is cut from the same cloth as the Mountain Select release yet offers...
750ml - Case of 6
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Slightly more expensive, the 2019 Chardonnay A26 is cut from the same cloth as the Mountain Select release yet offers...
750ml - Case of 12
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$48.94
Vibrant lime zest and slate on the nose with hint of white flowers. Bright and juicy acidity on the palate with...
750ml
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Forward with punchy reduction on opening, the 2019 Chardonnay Willamette Valley pours a bright medium straw color and...
750ml
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$31.75
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Stylish and elegant, there's juicy peach, citrus and melon flavors with accents of lemon blossom, a crushed rock...
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$39.67
$44.08
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$36.00
The 2019 Benton-Lane Chardonnay is complex and elegant with bright aromas of unripe tropical green pineapple and...
750ml - Case of 12
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$17.93
This fruit driven Chardonnay bursts with ripe green apple, pear and stone fruit. Our Chardonnay has good texture and...
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$25.67
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$20.51
Given eight months in stainless steel, this light, bright white presents as clean and linear. It has focused acidity...
750ml
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$22.80
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Ripe white fruit and spice flavors show pastry accents, with biscuit notes on the finish. Drink now. 12,824 cases made.
750ml
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$18.48
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Lifted aromas of tropical mango and pineapple, with creamy hints of crème brûlée and caramel. Rich, round flavors...
750ml - Case of 12
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Color: Ruby red very intense with purple reflexes.
Bouquet: Strong and distinctive with sensations of spice and ripe...
Chardonnay Ice Wine Primitivo 2019
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.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.