Chardonnay

Wine Style:
Chardonnay is from light to medium to fuller-bodied wines. Cooler climate Chardonnays sees an abundance of fruit flavors, especially white fruits. Warmer Chardonnays see lesser fruits, perhaps more honey, vanilla and roasted flavors.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape
(Blend)

Wine Style:
Often big, rich, full-bodied with spicy and raspberries flavors with capability for 5 to 20 bottle aging.
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Origin:
Rhone Valley in France
Found:
California, Australia, and France
The vast majority …

Chenin Blanc

Wine Style:
A light to medium-bodied pleasant wine, with melon, peach, spice and citrus.
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Origin:
Loire Valley in France
Found:
Vouvray, Anjou, Quarts de Chaume, Saumer (Loire Valley) in France, South Africa, Australia and California
An …

Cinsaut / Cinsault

Wine Style:
This grape is usually blended in Châteauneuf du Pape to fruit flavors and tone down Carignan’s tannins. It’s known to be low in tannins, with a perfumed nose, medium-bodied with supple texture.
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Côtes du Rhône

Wine Style:
Wines of Côtes du Rhône are very diverse although 95% of the production is red. They can be tannic and robust, or fruity and light.
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Origin:
Cotes du Rhone …

Gewürztraminer

Wine Style:
This is a medium to full-bodied white despite its red color, and produces a spicy, pungent (or blessed with a floral bouquet) white wine.
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Origin:
Alsace in France
Found:
France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Austria, New Zealand, …

Hermitage

Above: Black wine grapes from the Rhone Valley, probably of the Syrah variety used in Hermitage blends/labels. Bottles of Hermitage wines from Domaine Jean-Louis Chave.

Wine Style:
It is full-bodied and tastes almost …