Products tagged with Chardonnay

Full-bodied but fresh, with a complex array of pineapple, golden stone fruits, and even a hint of lime. It’s a classic Cali Chardy without any overwhelming buttered popcorn notes. The wine is fermented in a mix of used oak and stainless steel.

Rich and deep, with vibrant mineral and scintillating complexity. Champagne has nothing on this crémant. The Tissot estate was one of the first in the Jura to farm biodynamically, something easy to forget now that such a large portion of Jura wine is natu

Not an overripe Cali Chard (it’s a natty wine after all), so the fruit is more in the lemon curd citrus vein. Plenty of minerality and a texture derived from 10 months in Neutral French oak in order to evoke hints of a Burgundian pedigree.

Aged in amphora on the skins for a whopping 12 months, this Chablis drinks more like a Georgian orange. Wacky stuff. Apricot, mango, roses, and hints of acacia and pepper all mingle. A miniscule production of only 1600 bottles is sourced from a tiny 0.2-h

Full and deep, featuring peach aromas and tropical fruits on the palate. Only 20% of the wine goes through malo, adding just enough texture and hints of vanilla to balance everything out. Thierry Villard is originally from Paris but settled in Chile in th

The mysterious old vines for this cuvée were planted in the 1940’s or so, making them some of the oldest Chard vines in the US. Anthill has produced tiny quantities of well-crafted wines from the beginning; their Chardonnay is only made in certain vintage

The estate is located in the Cote Des Bars, in southern Champagne, so ripening is no issue. Limestone soils deliver razor-sharp acidity, however, leading to a nose of citrus zest and fine mineral. The palate follows suit, with melon and a bright intensity

A beautiful rendition of this increasingly rare appellation. Malo and oak raising lead to a richer style of wine not often found this far north. Beautiful ripe peach fruit, white flowers, and an acid structure still powerful after several years spent in b

A fun and tasty sparkler with notes of stoney minerals and star fruit, and a pleasing zestiness. Field Recordings was begun in 2007 by Andrew Jones as a pet project; his full-time gig at the time was as a vine nursery manager.

Emeric Foléat worked for the legendary Puffeney for 8 years. Rather than making strictly sous-voile or ouillé wines, Emeric and his wife Elise let each harvest and parcel speak year to year, adjusting blends and elavage purely on intuition. This Chard, in

Jean-Claude Thévenet really built this domaine with his impeccable vineyard work and delicate winemaking. His 3 sons now work it in the same manner. This wine is made from 25 year old Chardonnay vines – lean, crisp and bone dry, but with fresh floral and

Franco’s wines are unmistakable, with personalities as big as the man himself. His Chardonnay is elegant but complex, featuring orchard fruits, wild herbs, and a racy acidity despite the age. This wine is going nowhere; drink one now and age another.