Products tagged with white

Intensely mineral, with subtle aromatic white flowers and touches of white nectarine fruit. Christoph is a young winemaker from a winemaking family; he’s honed his chops in New Zealand, Germany and South Africa, and is now making natural wines from select

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.

Two days on the skins give this wine texture, but it definitely drinks like a white, not an orange. Very special stuff from a mysterious winemaker in the Czech Republic making serious, contemplative wines.

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

Txakolina’s characteristic minerality and vibrancy show through, along with a great balance of bitter, sweet, and herbaceous notes. Complex enough to drink on its own, or as an awesome negroni upgrade.

This incredible wine is a nearly extinct style called Pálido. It’s unfortified but sent through a solera. Deep notes of bitter almond, white nectarine, and gun flint. Give a sturdy chill and serve with tapas…or just crack it and nerd out, like us. Aged a

A gorgeously fresh mountain wine, with white flowers, green apple, and a profound mineral and acid structure. At 1100 meters these are the highest vineyards in Europe, meaning the vines were never exposed to phylloxera. This makes them some of the last to

Pale sunshine yellow color and lightly sparkling, this Moscato d’Asti has intense aromas of peaches, rose petals and ginger. On the palate it is delicately sweet and sparkling with modest acidity, good balance, good complexity and a finish of fresh apric

Surprisingly fruit forward and juicy (but still dry!), with a backbone of sunny minerality. Umbria’s Grechetto has great potential, as we’ve seen in Paolo Bea’s use of it in his blends. Winemaker Margret Etten Cantarelli, with her husband Guido by her sid

Crunchy minerality with Garganega’s trademark duet of green apple and fresh citrus tang. Take a closer look at the label and you just might learn something about the ladies that appear on it.

A perfectly crisp and summery Vinho Verde…in a liter-sized bottle to boot. Efforvescent, minerally, and featuring hints of tropical fruit. Conta-Me Portuguese Tales is a new label from Portuguese importer NLC Wines. They’re telling the stories of wines th

Crafted from old, ungrafted vines grown on the signature blue slate soils of the Mosel’s impossibly steep vineyards. The mineral is the star here: chiseled and stony, and augmented with high acid levels. The fruit, while hard to find, is in the lemon zest