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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.52
This wine represents the best of grapes grown in Monterey County. Our Chardonnay exudes flavors with grace and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $65.89 $66.79
Deep nose with a sharp mineral overtone to the complex aromas of white sesame, praline, grilled spices and roasted...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $7.13
The Antico Fuoco Chardonnay exhibits attractive notes of apple butter and poached pears along with a lovely texture....
White
750ml
Bottle: $49.70
Lovely aromas of apricot, lavender and caramel ebb into bright flavors of lemon/lime, and a fresh, lengthy finish has...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.93
12 bottles: $27.36
This vintage produced a beautiful, pale golden wine. Crisp Macintosh apple, limoncello, and pear fruit notes form the...
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.20
12 bottles: $21.76
Light aromas of honeysuckle and other white flowers are cut by chalk on the nose of this bottling. The palate hits...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $12.50
AROMA: Floral aromas, hints of exotic fruit, apples, yellow peaches and flint stone. TASTE: Fresh with a savory finish.
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.91
12 bottles: $17.55
AROMA: Floral aromas, hints of exotic fruit, apples, yellow peaches and flint stone. TASTE: Fresh with a savory finish.
White
750ml
Bottle: $42.20
12 bottles: $41.36
From seven acres and the only Chardonnay Colene Clemens produces, the 2020 Chardonnay is ripe with aromas of candied...
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White
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...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.95
12 bottles: $13.67
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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.80 $32.00
Impressive for the bright, fresh core of pineapple, honeysuckle and tangerine flavors, with a touch of dried lemon...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.79
12 bottles: $34.20
Typically ripe and buttery, this textbook California Chardonnay shows nice nuances of toast, dough and nutmeg in...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.89 $34.20
12 bottles: $31.35
Rich and complex, with notes of salted hazelnut, fresh lemon curd, tangerine and Honeycrisp apple, showing a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.50
12 bottles: $63.21
The 2020 Chardonnay Estate is a big step up from the 2019. Lemon confit, apricot, ginger and light tropical notes...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.83
12 bottles: $14.25
Aromas • Bright lemon citrus & curd and honeysuckle floral notes • A hint of spice and pie crust • Delicate...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $44.94 $49.60
This well-balanced and grandly structured wine layers toast, almonds and a hint of wood smoke over Bosc pears, fennel...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.75
12 bottles: $16.42
White
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...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.08
12 bottles: $19.68
A lovely nose of straw, lemon curd and white tea. Full-bodied with very nice, yeasty complexity and drive....
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Chardonnay 2020 Italy United States

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.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

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.