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SHOP COLLECTION NOW ⮥One of the most common things I hear from red wine lovers is, "I like white wines, but I don't know what to buy. So, I just avoid them." Meanwhile, the white wine drinkers revel in the fact that great white wines tend to be less expensive and just as enjoyable, if not more so than red wines. The fact is that for each occasion and place, there is an opportunity to pair a great wine. Hopefully, you already know that white wines are perfect on warm days, with lighter foods and seafood, and certainly to kick off a party with appetizers.
I drink white wines all year round, especially when a red wine just feels too heavy, too sweet, or just because I want something refreshing, crisp, and bright in acidity. I'm always looking for eyebrow raising wines and here is a short list of some of the white wines that most impressed me recently. Remember, we taste hundreds of different wines every month and on average, only 4% make the cut. So, you know you'll be getting an exceptional wine in its class with high quality and value.
2020 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay Australia
Leeuwin is located in Margaret River in Western Australia.This is like drinking a new world Grand Cru Burgundy. It's one of the most decorated wineries in OZ and deservedly so. This is their finest Chardonnay. For a quarter of the price, the Prelude line of wines is very good too.
2022 Domaine Roland Tissier et Fils Les Caillottes Sancerre
This is my favorite Sauvignon Blanc in the store at present. Les Caillottes are the small river pebbles that litter the vineyards in Loire. Once you taste this wine, you'll have a reference point for what Sauvignon Blanc can and should be. Depending on how you look at that, you'll either have eyes wide open or be spoiled for life.
2015 Trimbach Riesling Selection de Vieilles Vignes Alsace
What if I told you that you could drink a dry Riesling produced by the leading family in NE France with more than 400 years of experience for less than $30? We scored a deal on a large amount of this wine, but it won't last.People try this wine and come back for a case. This mouth watering wine is so delicious and in a perfect drinking window. If you love cheese as much as I do, this wine will be your new favorite wine to pair with cheese.
2021 Keenan Chardonnay Napa Valley Spring Mountain District
Napa Chard can be overly oaky and/or sweet (Rombauer). I don't care for either of those styles. So, when I find a wine like this that is perfectly balanced, I buy a lot of it. Keenan is a leading producer on Spring Mountain and this Chardonnay would still represent a good deal at $50+.
2023 Nativ Via Del Crinale Fiano Di Avellino DOCG
Fiano is the one of the most regal white wine grapes in all of Italy and certainly is the best white wine varietal in Campania. This wine intrigues because in addition to the green apple and pear fruits in the aroma and palate, there is a white flower and light hazelnut that brings you back for more. Fiano also ages quite well.One sip and you'll be transported to Sorrento.
2022 Scrimaglio Colli Tortonesi Timorasso Derthona DOC
This grape was resurrected by Walter Massa over the last four decades and Derthona is its place of origin. This area is located between Malpensa airport in Milan and Barolo in Piemonte. There are still fewer than 50 producers of this indigenous varietal.To taste and appreciate this wine is to really earn a badge as an Italian wine geek.This is a fabulous wine with bright acid, an herbal mineral, white flowers, stone fruits and has the potential age for decades when it can take on petrol characteristics like Riesling. Highly recommended.
2022 Pasetti Collecivetta Abruzzo Pecorino DOP
Pasetti is our #1 favorite family winery in Abruzzo and BHW exclusively imports their whole portfolio, which is something we rarely do. In the hands of expert farmers and producers like Pasetti, Pecorino transcends into a wine that makes you think, "How can this possibly be this good at this low price?" I've learned to always have at least two bottles chilled when I serve this wine, because one bottle is never enough.
2022 Zuccardi Fosil Chardonnay Valle de Uco
Continuing our global hunt for outstanding Chardonnay, I lead you to the best region for Malbec in Argentina. Remember, these vineyards are up against the Andes mountains and higher up, you find stunning vineyards fed by snowmelt and kept cool by the altitude. Don't take my word for it.Three of the best wine critics in the world rate this wine 95-97 pts. Once you taste this, you'll ask yourself whether you really need to pay $400 for Montrachet.
2020 Marchesi Antinori Castello della Sala 'Cervaro della Sala' Umbria IGT
This is my #1 favorite Chardonnay from Italy. Antinori already had a successful Tuscan and red wine empire when he went shopping for a white wine. He could have purchased just about anywhere in Italy, but chose this special castle in the Umbrian hills not far from Orvieto. If you have a chance, a visit to the caves here is a special experience. And, if you love sweet wines, the Muffato here is stunning.
2020 Chateau Carbonnieux Grand Cru Classé de Graves Pessac Leognan Blanc
This is considered a Grand Cru Classe in Graves and Pessac. The vineyards sit between Bordeaux centre and the airport. It's about 35% Semillon and this wine is highly rated in 92-94pt range by all major critics.This is one of the most consistently delicious white Bordeaux wines and has excellent aging potential.
2020 Selbach Oster Zeltinger Schlossberg Mosel Riesling Grosse Gewachs
Grosse Gewachs means "great growth" or birthed at a venerated vineyard. Referred to as "GG's" this is drinking from the top of the pyramid among dry Rieslings. The German wine critic from the Wine Advocate Stephan Reinhardt says,"Selbach-Oster might be one of the hottest domains along the Mosel, if not in all Germany."
2018 William Fevre Valmur Chablis Grand Cru
All of the major critics rated this a 95pt wine and I agree. If you want a reference point for the pinnacle of Chablis, try this. The Valmur is considered one of the longest lived Grand Crus with great aging potential. Fevre's winemaker Didier Seguier was awarded winemaker of the year the same year this wine was made. Tiny production and very limited.
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