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Le Batard Petite Arvine
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Using the grape Petite Arvine is a new project for Maison Ventenac, with the wine called a ‘bastard’ on the label because Petite Arvine is a Swiss grape that few grow in France. The wine is 100% Petite Arvine, tense and minerally, fermented with native yeasts and no sulfur in Italian terracotta amphorae. It adds color, texture and complexity to this otherwise simple, refreshing grape.
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Le Cabas Sauvignon Blanc
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Gascony ain't just the Three Muskateers, though they have a place in our hearts as well. More than anything, Gascony is foie gras, delicious plums and apricots, rich dinners with Armagnac to follow. But the white grapes grown here are not just for great brandy, they have always been consumed as wine too and the last decade or so has seen an embrace of clean, cold winemaking to preserve the aromas of otherwise neutral grapes like Ugni Blanc or Folle Blanche. It's also seen new plantings of Sauvignon Blanc, a grape that requires no heroic measures to reveal its aromatic riches. Whats fun here is that these same winemaking methods generate something bright and vibrant but without much resemblance to other such Sauvignon Blancs (I'm looking at you, New Zealand), many of which have begun to seem like self-caricature. This one is comfortably itself, needing only an ice bucket and a big glass.
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Le Petit Bassin
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So, is it okay if I predict that Sauvignon Blanc becomes the world’s most widely planted grape in the next decade? In southern France, with the collection of hills, valleys, and plains rolling down to the Mediterranean, it thrives. Sure, the plains are not where you grow Sauvignon Blanc, but there are plenty of other spots where you do. There these wines are vibrant, expressive and tangy – and it’s rare that those three descriptors go together.
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Le Refuge Sauvignon Blanc
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A Bordeaux group making wines since 1949, Producta Vignobles blends this crisp, tangy white from throughout the Bordeaux region, but especially from under-appreciated places like Bergerac. From Sauvignon Blanc with a trace of Semillon, this is the kind of steely, refreshing white wine that comprises a small but significant portion of what has made Bordeaux the centerpiece of French wine production. Drink this well-chilled and with rapidity.
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Lillie's Collection Chardonnay
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Lillie Langtry was a young Jersey Island lass who moved to New York to become a famous actress and after years of playing America’s theaters, she bought 4000+ acres in Lake County and started a vineyard. Foley Family bought the place and produces wines both from the estate and from grapes further south along the coast. That’s where this comes from - and it's just as beautiful and elegant as Lillie was.
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Lobster Reef Sauv Blanc
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Lobster Reef was started by the Brown family, grape growers since 1980. After a decade of producing grapes for others, they started their own project, Cape Campbell Wines. In 2002 they bought 200 acres in the Blind River sub-region of Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc’s sweet spot. Lobster Reef represents wines from that spot as well as some from some of their neighbors in Marlborough.
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Louis Vellas Sauvignon Blanc
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To most, the Languedoc is a large scale region with small scale ambitions. Even more importantly, there are ancient vineyards in the Languedoc that didn't get grubbed up and replaced with newer, sexier clones. Older vines have survived, and in the best spots, the climate is conducive to long life, and those vines that have provided the grapes for this wine have long been grown organically.
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Maison Belliac Chardonnay
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Love Sonoma Cutrer? Try Maison Belliac Chardonnay! When the French decided to build the Canal du Midi, they unsurprisingly chose a portion of the Pays d’Oc that is flatter and less mountainous than much of the regional landscape. The climate is different, needless to say, but not so very different from sunny California, and the wine has some of that same buttery character that West Coast Chardonnay exemplifies.
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Meiomi Chardonnay
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Back in 2015, Joe Wagner, whose father owns Caymus, sold the Meiomi brand to Constellation Brands for $315 million. Let that sink in for a second. Constellation, one of the largest wine companies in the world bought only the brand for crazy money; no vineyards, no winery, nothing but some wine with labels on it. Now, what does that say about Meiomi and its style of wine? Somebody bet really, really big on it and, so far, the bet has worked out.
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Mer Soleil SLH Chardonnay
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Chuck Wagner, son of the founder of Napa Valley's famed Caymus Winery, originated this rich Chardonnay and since 2011 son Charlie III has fashioned the wines into one of California's most extravagant Chardonnays.
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Le Batard Petite Arvine
Using the grape Petite Arvine is a new project for Maison Ventenac, with the wine called a ‘bastard’ on the label because Petite Arvine is a Swiss grape that few grow in France. The wine is 100% Petite Arvine, tense and minerally, fermented with native yeasts and no sulfur in Italian terracotta amphorae. It adds color, texture and complexity to this otherwise simple, refreshing grape.
Type, Body & Flavor
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Le Cabas Sauvignon Blanc
Gascony ain't just the Three Muskateers, though they have a place in our hearts as well. More than anything, Gascony is foie gras, delicious plums and apricots, rich dinners with Armagnac to follow. But the white grapes grown here are not just for great brandy, they have always been consumed as wine too and the last decade or so has seen an embrace of clean, cold winemaking to preserve the aromas of otherwise neutral grapes like Ugni Blanc or Folle Blanche. It's also seen new plantings of Sauvignon Blanc, a grape that requires no heroic measures to reveal its aromatic riches. Whats fun here is that these same winemaking methods generate something bright and vibrant but without much resemblance to other such Sauvignon Blancs (I'm looking at you, New Zealand), many of which have begun to seem like self-caricature. This one is comfortably itself, needing only an ice bucket and a big glass.
Type, Body & Flavor
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Le Petit Bassin
So, is it okay if I predict that Sauvignon Blanc becomes the world’s most widely planted grape in the next decade? In southern France, with the collection of hills, valleys, and plains rolling down to the Mediterranean, it thrives. Sure, the plains are not where you grow Sauvignon Blanc, but there are plenty of other spots where you do. There these wines are vibrant, expressive and tangy – and it’s rare that those three descriptors go together.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Le Refuge Sauvignon Blanc
A Bordeaux group making wines since 1949, Producta Vignobles blends this crisp, tangy white from throughout the Bordeaux region, but especially from under-appreciated places like Bergerac. From Sauvignon Blanc with a trace of Semillon, this is the kind of steely, refreshing white wine that comprises a small but significant portion of what has made Bordeaux the centerpiece of French wine production. Drink this well-chilled and with rapidity.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Lillie's Collection Chardonnay
Lillie Langtry was a young Jersey Island lass who moved to New York to become a famous actress and after years of playing America’s theaters, she bought 4000+ acres in Lake County and started a vineyard. Foley Family bought the place and produces wines both from the estate and from grapes further south along the coast. That’s where this comes from - and it's just as beautiful and elegant as Lillie was.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Lobster Reef Sauv Blanc
Lobster Reef was started by the Brown family, grape growers since 1980. After a decade of producing grapes for others, they started their own project, Cape Campbell Wines. In 2002 they bought 200 acres in the Blind River sub-region of Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc’s sweet spot. Lobster Reef represents wines from that spot as well as some from some of their neighbors in Marlborough.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Louis Vellas Sauvignon Blanc
To most, the Languedoc is a large scale region with small scale ambitions. Even more importantly, there are ancient vineyards in the Languedoc that didn't get grubbed up and replaced with newer, sexier clones. Older vines have survived, and in the best spots, the climate is conducive to long life, and those vines that have provided the grapes for this wine have long been grown organically.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Maison Belliac Chardonnay
Love Sonoma Cutrer? Try Maison Belliac Chardonnay! When the French decided to build the Canal du Midi, they unsurprisingly chose a portion of the Pays d’Oc that is flatter and less mountainous than much of the regional landscape. The climate is different, needless to say, but not so very different from sunny California, and the wine has some of that same buttery character that West Coast Chardonnay exemplifies.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Meiomi Chardonnay
Back in 2015, Joe Wagner, whose father owns Caymus, sold the Meiomi brand to Constellation Brands for $315 million. Let that sink in for a second. Constellation, one of the largest wine companies in the world bought only the brand for crazy money; no vineyards, no winery, nothing but some wine with labels on it. Now, what does that say about Meiomi and its style of wine? Somebody bet really, really big on it and, so far, the bet has worked out.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Mer Soleil SLH Chardonnay
Chuck Wagner, son of the founder of Napa Valley's famed Caymus Winery, originated this rich Chardonnay and since 2011 son Charlie III has fashioned the wines into one of California's most extravagant Chardonnays.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions