Chadonnay

Producer: Canevel
Vintage: 2012
Region: Veneto
Varietal: Glera, Chardonnay

Wines designated as DOC, with a Registered Designation of Origin, from within the hilly area around Treviso, and whose characteristics are sophisticated flavors and harmonious fragrances which have been introduced in simple and original products at a great price.

This wine comes from the hilly area of Veneto and it's obtained with Glera and Chardonnay grapes. It is a straw-color with aromatic hints of nuts, golden apple and acacia flowers It's perfect with starters.

Tenuta Mazzolino Blanc de Blanc

Our Price: $18.99

Producer: Tenuta Mazzolino
Vintage: NV
Region: Lombardia
Varietal: Chardonnay (100%)
Color: Sparkling

Mazzolino's Blanc de Blanc is made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes from the vineyards owned by the estate. The early ripening grapes are harvested entirely by hand and the wine is produced in Metodo Classico. The color is straw yellow, bright and clear, and the intense aroma and good complexity perlage fine, elegant and persistent. The large characteristic bouquet with scents of white flowers and exotic fruits. The palette is initially a good freshness followed by a pleasant softness and delicacy that gives the product a great balance. Serve cold as an apertif. Slightly chilled, this sparkling wine will go with appetizers, fish and vegetarian meals.

2009 Fanini Robbiano Chardonnay

Our Price: $19.99

Producer: Fanini
Vintage: 2009
Region: Umbria
Varietal: Chardonnay (100%)
Color: White

One of the first vineyards of Chardonnay in Umbria constructed to demonstrate that this earth can produce great whites. This wine is fermented in oak barrels to exploit the full potential of structure, character and elegance. Today, after more than twenty years of experience the wine combines the power of the fruit with the use of wood.

To produce this wine the must, obtained by pressing, is fermented in new French oak barrels. It is aged for a minimum of four months before it is released to the public. The character of this wine large, powerful and full of ripe fruit. This wine is excellent with appetizers, cheeses, white meats, grilled fish and seafood.

Dorigo Brut Metodo Classico

Our Price: $21.99

Producer: Dorigo
Region: Friuli-Venezia Giula
Varietal: Pinot Noir (50%), Chardonnay (50%)

A favorite wine, it has been in production at Dorigo winery for 20 years. The base wines are 50% Pinot Noir vinified without the skins and 50% Chardonnay, fermented in French oak barriques being used for thee third time. The wines are put through full maloloactic fermentation and bottle fermentation takes place according to the method Champenoise. The wine is then left on the fermentation lees for 24 months before it is disgorged and released on the market.

A very versatile sparkling with many pairings. Great as an apertif, perfect with white meat, first courses and fish and shellfish appetizers.

2009 Feudo Di San Maurizio Chardonnay

Our Price: $22.99

Producer: Feudo Di San Maurizio
Vintage: 2009
Region: Val D'Aosta DOC
Varietal: Chardonnay (100%)
Color: White

Valle D’Aosta is only one eighth the size of Piemonte and has the smallest population of all the regions in Italy. The valley is in the northern, multi-cultural part of Italy, nestled in between France and Switzerland. Many people visit this beautiful valley at 2000 feet above sea-level in the Italian Alps, and with its limited wine production, few wines become available for export.

The wines from Feudo di San Maurizio are crafted by Michel Vallet in the commune of Sarre. Mr. Vallet produces a handful of the most unique, indigenous varieties, from Fumin to Petite Rouge. The Valle D’Aosta wines are some of our favorite and most interesting wines at the store.

Many of the most valued Italian white wines come from high elevation, steep graded vineyards in Northern Italy, and this Chardonnay is no exception. This is a beautiful stainless steel aged Chardonnay that is well balanced. The elegance comes from it's minerality with it's fresh fruit and savory finish.

2010 Tenuta Mazzolino Blanc

Our Price: $23.99

Producer: Tenuta Mazzolino
Vintage: 2010
Region: Lombardia
Sub-Region: Oltrepo Pavese DOC
Varietal: Chardonnay (100%)
Color: White

Made from 100% Charddonay, Blanc has a brilliant straw yellow color with slight hints of gold, which become more pronounced with the natural evolution in the bottle. Intense aroma, very complex and rich from the bouquet and characteristic of the variety: white flowers (acacia-hawthorn) citrus, vanilla and hazelnuts. It is dry, persistant, velvety and balanced, and it goes well with dishes based on fish and white meats.

Bersi Serlini Franciacorta Brut Cuvee

Our Price: $26.99

Producer: Bersi Serlini
Vintage: 2005
Region: Lombardia
Sub-Region: Franciacorta DOCG
Varietal: Chardonnay (100%)
Color: Sparkling

“Franciacorta” refers to a wine region located between Milan and Verona, as well as the Metodo Franciacorta style of producing sparkling wine. A Franciacorta sparkling wine is produced with Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc or Pinot Noir and goes through a second fermentation in the bottle.

Made from 100% Chardonnay originated from four of the oldest and best Bersi Serlini estate vineyards, this Brut is glossy straw yellow with golden reflections, extraordinary fine long lasting sparkles, lively foam, spicy perfumes of great intensity and delicate fragrances of ripe fruit, sage and vanilla.

"This vintage-dated sparkling wine opens with tight citrus aromas of lime and grapefruit backed by dried flower and stone fruit. There’s loads of easy, fresh crispness on the finish." Wine Enthusiast, 88 Points

Bersi Serlini Franciacorta Rose

Our Price: $28.99

Producer: Beri Serlini
Vintage: NV
Region: Lombardia
Sub-Region: Franciacorta DOCG
Varietal: Chardonnay (70%), Pinot Nero (30%)
Color: Sparkling

From Chardonnay (70%) and Pinot Nero (30%), this Rose is brittle pink, bright and delicate with fine and persistent grain. Its dominance is given by Pinot Noir and is softened by the elegance and finesse of the overriding Chardonnay's catchy freshness in a bouquet of refined and authentic elegance with round and spontaneous juiciness.

"This pretty rosé sparkling wine opens with a lush raspberry color and toasted aromas of baked bread, almond, mature fruit and crème de cassis. It shows a clean, compact mouthfeel with a touch of crisp acidity on the close" Wine Enthusiast, 88 Points

Monsupello Nature

Our Price: $29.99

Producer: Monsupello
Vintage: NV
Region: Lombardia
Sub-Region: Oltrepo Pavese DOC
Varietal: Pinot Nero (90%), Chardonnay (10%)
Color: Sparkling

This beautiful sparkling wine is crafted in the the Metodo Classico, with 90% Pinot Noir, 5% stainless steel aged Chardonnay, and 5% oak aged Chardonnay. Straw yellow in color with fine and persistent bubbles, it is a sparkling wine with complex aromas, reminiscent of bread crust, its evolution takes us back with hints of cassis, toasted almond and hazelnut. It is extremely dry (typical of Nature), and is dedicated to sparkling wine connoisseurs of rare and fine structure.

This wine is perfect as an aperitif, but can be presented in approach to any gourmet meal, especially during the preparations of fish and shellfish is grilled or smoked and sauced with raw shellfish or just steamed, risotto with seafood, with sauces based on fish, baked sea bass, sea bream Ligurian, scallops au gratin. Given its structure, it also holds up to meat, so it is especially to be tasted with the lamb chops.

Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri Winner, 2009

Monsupello Brut Millesimato 2003

Our Price: $35.99

Producer: Monsupello
Vintage: NV
Region: Lombardia
Sub-Region: Oltrepo Pavese DOC
Varietal: Pinot Nero (90%), Chardonnay (10%)
Color: Sparkling

This excellent example of sparkling wine from Italy is crafted in the Metodo Classico, with 90% Pinot Noir and10% stainless steel aged Chardonnay. Straw yellow in color with very fine and persistent bubbles, it 'a sparkling wine of rare elegance and structure. Aromas of cassis give way to an aristocratic touch of vanilla. Dry with a great aromatic persistence and softness. The wine is dedicated to a champagne connoisseur.

This wine is excellent as an aperitif and throughout the meal in particular approached smoked salmon, oysters, shellfish (snails, urchins, shrimp, mussels), scallops, risotto with seafood, shellfish noodles, Ligurian sea bass, sea bream, sea bream , roar, with the perfect fry.