Fine Wine > White > $20-50 > Still

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"... Pronounced nutty piquancy and wet stone in the nose as well as on the palate here mingle with smoky snuffed candle wick and black tea; quince and white peach...this Clos du Papillon grips so authoritatively and combines such a sense of stuffing and stone without becoming heavy or bitter than..

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The original benchmark Gavi! This amazing, cortese wine brought fame to the small wine producing region and showed the world the potential in quality of white wines from Italy. More than 45 years later, it is still a wine of pride, tradition and elegance.

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This recent effort from Vincent Girardin declares itself as a full-bodied Chardonnay. Smoky pineapple is backed up with a decidedly stony minerality. The weight and power of this white Burgundy actually sneaks up on you as racy acidity hides the lush texture of this gorgeous wine. Serve with roast..

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Very tasty, complex and exuberant wine, well-balanced. Not too dry or tart.

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"Full-on apple and quince flavors provide the richness to balance the briskness of the soil character. This is sunny and earthy at once, mouthwatering in its freshness, firmly structured for aging."

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"Foxen's UU Block from the famed Bien Nacido Vineyard fights it out every year with the estate Tinaquaic Chardonnay for top honors. In this cool vintage, the former wins out by a hair. Dry, steely and crisp in acidity, it shows vast tropical fruit, orange, vanilla, honey and buttered toast flavors..

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A wine of finesse and complexity…subtle stone fruits, locust tree flowers, fresh hazelnuts and spicy aromas and flavors... the finish is intense and spicy. It will age gracefully but with vibrancy.

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"Pale gold. Pungent, exotic aromas of passion fruit, peach skin, smoky minerals and wild herbs. Dense, broad and penetrating, offering sappy, soil-driven flavors of orchard and pit fruits, crushed rock and honey, with a repeating smokiness. Deep and chewy on the finish, with the honey and smoke..