Do we ship to you?.
750ml
Bottle:
$24.94
$35.94
Moving to the four Chardonnays I was able to taste, the 2018 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast reveals a light gold color as...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$23.90
Yummy spices like nutmeg, vanilla bean and cloves waft from the glass before rich golden apple, spiced apple, light...
750ml
Bottle:
$14.94
$15.84
The Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is golden in color. Aromas of yellow apple, melon, citrus zest and mango meld beautifully...
750ml
Bottle:
$68.40
12 bottles:
$64.98
The 2021 Chardonnay Mes Filles Vineyard comes from 25-year-old vines planted at 500 feet in altitude in Goldridge...
750ml
Bottle:
$34.94
12 bottles:
$34.24
This complex white wine is light golden in color, with lemon blossom, mandarin, and pink lady apple aromas. The...
750ml
Bottle:
$44.90
$48.08
6 bottles:
$40.13
This white opens with pretty flavors of peach cobbler and a note of wild fennel, accented by sweet cream hints and a...
750ml
Bottle:
$29.59
$32.88
12 bottles:
$20.52
Vibrant, fresh and focused, with Meyer lemon, fresh ginger and apple notes on a crisp frame, while hints of sea salt...
750ml
Bottle:
$28.88
$32.09
12 bottles:
$22.81
Graceful, pure and polished, this enticing Chardonnay offers tantalizing aromas of green apple, nectarine and candied...
750ml
Bottle:
$49.94
12 bottles:
$48.94
The 2022 Chardonnay Estate Vineyard is a prime example of how well-suited some sites on the West Sonoma Coast are to...
750ml
Bottle:
$29.79
12 bottles:
$29.19
The 2021 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast) is fabulous. Deep and layered, with remarkable density, the 2021 is seriously...
750ml
Bottle:
$89.95
12 bottles:
$88.15
The 2020 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is a blend of declassified barrels from Ferren's single-vineyard program. It was...
750ml
Bottle:
$36.99
$39.60
This is really tangy and vivid with sliced lemons and green apples with stone and white peaches. Some flowers and...
750ml
Bottle:
$68.88
6 bottles:
$60.80
A ripe golden hue, the 2021 Chardonnay Far Coast Vineyard offers more broadness right away with its perfume of...
750ml
Bottle:
$59.94
$64.08
6 bottles:
$58.74
The 2021 Chardonnay Stone Cote Vineyard is also a youthful golden hue, with aromas of fresh peach, flinty earth, and...
750ml
Bottle:
$16.94
12 bottles:
$16.60
Sonoma Coast | Unprecedented conditions on Sonoma County’s far coast require resolute Chardonnay vines to persevere...
750ml
Bottle:
$45.93
6 bottles:
$45.01
Striking notes of vanilla bean, sage, Asian pear, crushed white stones, and pastry flour, with a fantastic weight....
375ml
Bottle:
$12.91
$14.34
12 bottles:
$12.34
This wine opens with bright aromas of Meyer lemon and yellow apple, punctuated by hints of butterscotch and subtle...
Chardonnay Malagousia Nebbiolo United States California Sonoma Coast
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.
If you're looking for a Greek white wine packed full of interesting character and a wide range of unique and surprising aromas, then the wines made from the Malagousia grape varietal are unlikely to disappoint. Although this grape is said to have originated in and around Nafpaktos, in Western Greece, it is now most commonly grown, cultivated and processed in Greek Macedonia, where it is used to make high quality white wines of a highly aromatic nature. Indeed, Malagousia is renowned for producing wines which are full of unusual aromas, with many wines holding traces of jasmine, mint, citrus and exotic fruits, and occasionally a whole lot more.
It was the famous Greek wine maker Gerovassiliou who was said to be the first to experiment with the Malagousia grapes, which were previously used mainly by smallholders and families to produce simple house wines. Gerovassiliou recognized that Malagousia had the potential and the characteristics necessary for producing excellent quality wines, and before long, vineyards were being planted across Macedonia, the Peloponnese and Attica. Today, wines made with the Malagousia grapes tend to be full bodied, with a noticeable tannin content elegantly interplaying with the mellow, medium acidity of the wine. Such roundness allows all of these interesting and exciting flavors and aromas come forth, making for a truly fascinating and unique wine.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?
The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
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.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.