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This is a really nice medium to full-bodied lush California Chardonnay with a good dose of butter aromas and flavors that were nicely balanced between pear and apple. There isn’t much citrus going on here but that is ok. The flavors are more savory leaning towards baked apple and vanilla spice. We had this with [...]

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This is a cool-climate Chardonnay from the Mount Barker township, a sub-district of the Great Southern region in Western Australia. Unoaked, this Chardonnay has zesty citrus, almond and pear notes with hints of grassy lemon-lime flavors leading to a clean mineral finish. For the price, it can’t be beat—excellent quality-to-price ratio. It pairs well with [...]

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This part of New Zealand in the Brancott Estate range has a reputation for producing consistent quality and this wine resembles that remark at a price that cannot be beat. You will love the fresh and elegant non-oaked style this Sauvignon blanc has to offer—zesty lemon and grapefruit with hints of peach and a touch [...]

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Another one of the wines from the canvas series produced by Pomar Junction Vineyard, the Picnic Chardonnay exhibits classic unoaked crisp clean flavors that come from a wine that has not seen malolactic fermentation. By foregoing a secondary fermentation and wood aging this style of chardonnay retains a lot more of the true fruit flavors [...]

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A Chardonnay that represents a style that a lot of Chardonnay makers have started to get away from. Instead of the unoaked austere style that does not see malolactic fermentation or barrel aging, this wine is a combination of both techniques. The grapes are all organically farmed. 30% of this juice is fermented in stainless [...]

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This is our first 2011 wine to review and it is encouraging to see a wine this young taste so good. Well it is not really all that young in the life span of a Sauvignon Blanc because when wines come from the Southern hemisphere they are harvested in April or May at the latest. [...]

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