I don’t know what the weather’s like where you are now, but this could be a good time to consider a few lighter and more aromatic styles
as a way to conjure the warmth, such as the examples below. It’s not spring in my book until you can taste it.The ultimate “naked” chardonnay, produced in Burgundy’s eponymous northern district. These white wines are usually unoaked and are a like a flavour metaphor for the terroir, capturing the crispness of the cool air as well as the stony minerality of the grey-white soils.The Loire Valley excels with this white grape, though many are slightly or considerably sweet.
This is the top-selling wine from a great Piedmontese estate and something of an iconic Italian white. Medium-bodied and with good, oily concentration, brimming with subtle flavours of lemon, pear, grapefruit and tangerine as well as notes of almond and stone. And it’s organic. Available at the above price in Ontario only by the six-bottle case direct from importer Noble Estates via
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