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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.63
12 bottles: $15.32
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $27.36
This delicious, dry Chenin Blanc was selectively harvested by hand from reduced yield vines, then fermented and and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.80 $42.00
The top-of-the-range 2020 Luz Carménère feels closed, serious and austere, even in a warm and dry year like 2020....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.10
The 2020 Carménère Massal 1945 from Almahue, Cachapoal, was made in used barrels and foudres for 12 months. Garnet...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
Pretty nose of dried honeysuckle, hawthorn, dried pineapple, mango stone, clove and lemon peel. Full-bodied with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
More saline character on the nose with aromas of oyster shells, lime zest, white pears, juniper berries and dried...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
Crushed stone, burnt lime, white apricot, dried pineapple and clove on the nose. Medium-bodied, crisp and compact....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $56.94
12 bottles: $55.80
• Certified Organic. • 100% Chenin Blanc. • From a 0.25 ha parcel in the village of Brézé. • Clay and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $41.94
12 bottles: $41.10
• Certified Organic. • 100% Chenin Blanc. • From a 1.16 ha parcel. • Clay and limestone terroir. • A sunny...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $33.20
12 bottles: $32.54
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White
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
12 bottles: $32.28
• Certified organic. • 100% Chenin Blanc. • From sites in Clos de Mosny and Clos Michet. • 40-60+ year old...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
12 bottles: $34.24
• Certified organic. • 100% Chenin Blanc. • 50 year old vines on average. • Partial botrytis 10-20%. •...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.20
12 bottles: $18.82
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.84 $40.80
12 bottles: $39.04
A racy, linear style introduced by pureed apple and crunchy orchard fruit edged in honeycomb. Shows wet stone accents...
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White
500ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $58.70
Enticing aromas of dried fruit, honey and acacia flowers. Lush, fruity and complex on the palate with beautiful...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.84 $27.20
12 bottles: $24.70
100% Chenin Blanc. Trois Argiles brings together 3 parcels totaling 3.75 hectares and having a higher proportion of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $88.94 $96.00
The 2020 Brézé is a blend of three plots within this esteemed vineyard. It spends two years in 50% new oak,...
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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
750ml
Bottle: $30.40 $32.00
The 2020 Bonnes Blanches Sec is a very pure and seemingly light bodied style which still manages a sense of flesh on...
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Carmenere Chenin Blanc Ice Wine 2020

The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.

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.