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First time back in stock since May! 🎉

09.05.2024

2023 Florès Absolu Chardonnay



Price at the winery in France: $15.54 (HERE)
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)



Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Reminder we open at 9am Thursday - Saturday

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

I have to say it is rare that we get the opportunity to sell a wine in the United States for less than you can buy it for directly from the winery in France, but we love it when we can!

Absolu burst onto the scene in the US last fall and it has been a rocket ship ride ever since. The winery has had a tough time keeping up, so much so that we have been out of stock on this wine since May!

What is the story here?

So last year we were speaking with the winery behind our best selling white wine, Bleu Blanc Thau, and they just casually drop that they make Chardonnay. You know, like "Oh yeah we also make this do we want to try it?"

Ummm, yeah, we do.

As it turns out, Bleu Blanc Thau was not a fluke, and these people really know what they are doing.

When I said it was a rocket ship ride I was not kidding - 3.5% of all that wine we received last year was sold in the first 7 days of it being here, just from it being on the machine at ONE store.

So what makes this wine so special?

This is Chardonnay grown on eroded limestone and clay in one of the newer classified spots along the Mediterranean Sea. Night harvesting helps retain acidity and that’s important in a place that might as well be a beach in Capri were it not for the surrounding vines and the winds coming down off the mountains to the north and west. They say the winds are from the Atlantic, but that seems illogical since those mountains are in the way but, regardless, the nighttime winds are indeed very cool and refreshing. This is fermented partly in stainless steel and partly in barrel, but all of the wine spends a year in French oak.

All of those things combine together to make an epic, rich and round Chardonnay at a price point these guys dominate.

All I can tell you is DO NOT MISS.

To order you can:

Order ONLINE for IN STORE or CURBSIDE PICKUP / SHIPPING



E-mail us HERE

Call ahead for IN STORE / CURBSIDE PICKUP:

Call DUNWOODY @ Coming Soon!

Call ASHEVILLE @ 828-417-7305

Call RALEIGH @ 919-747-9077

Call CHAPEL HILL @ 984-234-0446

Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

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