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Upstream from Tours, where the Loire and the Cher rivers meet, the appellation of Montlouis-sur-Loire is spread over three municipalities: Montlouis-sur-Loire, Saint-Martin-le-Beau, and Lussault-sur-Loire.
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Octave Haton founded this 4th generation, family-owned Champagne House in 1920, in the Marne Valley—in the town of Damery—7 km from Epernay.
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Anthill's Pinot Noirs are among the more elegant and restrained in style from California --
• Practicing Biodynamic
• 100% Pinot Noir
• Selection of barrels from Abbey Harris & Leal in the Boonville Ridges, and Baker Ranch & Forste in the Philo Ridges
• Primarily Bearwallow-Wolfey soils, which produce wines with savory, spice influenced flavors and more pronounced tannic structure
• 50% whole-cluster
• 3-Week Native yeast fermentation with daily punch downs
• Aged 12 months in French oak (25% new)
• 25ppm SO2 at bottling
• 13.4% abv
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Hourglass is two vineyards, a winery and a compilation of estate wines: a vision unfolding... Jeff Smith founded Hourglass in 1997 from his family’s 4-acre parcel located just north of St.
A blend of Trousseau, Gamay, and the elusive Cabernet Pfeffer, this cuvée from the outskirts of Sebastapol is lighter-bodied, aromatic and fruit-forward.
Colby Red is a juicy blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Shiraz (Syrah), Merlot and Petite Sirah made by internationally respected flying winemaker, Daryl Groom, and with a charitable cause to boot.
Daryl's son, Colby, endured back-to-back open heart surgeries prior to his 10th birthday.
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Very moderate use of oak barrels gives this wine a freshness that is quite appealing in California Chardonnay, giving the fruit an opportunity to take center stage.
From the Producer: A selection of complementary Sonoma County vineyards compose this wine, with an emphasis on the Russian River Valley.
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The Picq style of Chablis displays the inimitable expression of minerality that Chardonnay only picks up in this rolling hillside, and limestone-laden vineyards of the Yonne Valley, coupled with racy acidity and fine depth that comes with low yields, meticulous viticulture and winemaking.
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Massimo Piccin founded Podere Sapaio in Bolgheri near the coast of Tuscany in 1999, and today, the estate covers 62 acres under vine which are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
While Massimo only produces two wines, they actually start out as 25 different wines considering he vinifies and ages each varietal from individual plots separately before he puts the final blends together.
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Bernard de Nonancourt, who is responsible for elevating Laurent-Perrier into one of the premier Champagne brands with global reach and stature, first introduced a non-vintage rosé in 1968, at a time when no one else dared to do anything but a vintage dated rosé.
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After years of painstaking work in the region’s vineyards, Emile Paris decided to bottle Champagne under his own name in 1884.
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The grapes for this Blanc de Blancs, or 100% Chardonnay, come from Pascal Doquet's vines in Vertus, Villeneuve and Mont Aimé, 62% from the 2010 harvest and 38% from the 2011 harvest.
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