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Cantina Terlano 2025 Pinot Grigio
Italian White
Light straw yellow in colour, the wine carries grapefruit, white peach, lychee and floral notes. The palate is rounded and soft, with harmonious acidity, black-tea spice, melon, mango and fine minerality. Grapes are hand-picked and selected, then gently whole-cluster pressed. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, followed by about six months on fine lees in steel.
JoieFarm 2017 Chic Fille Pinot Blanc
Canadian White
Golden in colour, this dry Pinot Blanc is herbaceous, with salty mineral and citrus flavours and ample texture. Lemon meringue aromas meet a strongly textured palate, fine white-skin tannins and a juicy, sea-breeze finish. The small experimental release contains eleven percent alcohol and was produced in a run of forty-five cases from fruit grown in East Kelowna.
Kechris 2023 Tear of the Pine Retsina
Greek White
Assyrtiko grows in Macedonia on clay-loam soils at 270 to 320 metres, from vines twelve to seventeen years old. Fermentation takes place in oak with selected fresh pine resin, followed by six months on fine lees. The dry white wine has 6.5 grams per litre of total acidity, 13.5 percent alcohol and 2.8 grams per litre of residual sugar. Viticulture is sustainable.
Château Suduiraut 2010 Sauternes
French Dessert
Harvesting ran from late September to early November in five vineyard passes. The blend combines ninety percent Semillon with ten percent Sauvignon Blanc. Maturation lasts twenty months, split evenly between new barrels and barrels used for one previous wine. The finished wine has fourteen percent alcohol, 145 grams per litre of residual sugar and 3.6 grams per litre of total acidity.
Domaine Gauby 2012 Les Calcinaires Blanc Côtes Catalanes
French White
Grapefruit and plum appear with orange blossom, honeysuckle, nutty nuances and resin. The palate is ample, and the finish is persistent, fresh and mineral. The blend contains Chardonnay, Maccabeu, Muscat and Vermentino. Fruit was harvested by hand in boxes and sorted at the cellar. Whole clusters were gently pressed, indigenous yeasts were used without additions, and maturation lasted seven months in stainless steel and wood.
Tenuta Argentiera 2024 Eco di Mare Vermentino Toscana IGT
Italian White
Lime, grapefruit, toasted almond and wildflowers appear with lavender, white flowers and a light herbal note recalling wild sage. The palate is fresh and balanced, with pronounced salinity and minerality. Vermentino grows in Donoratico's red aeolian sands at twenty to eighty metres, with a western exposure. Grapes are harvested by hand; fermentation and fine-lees contact last fifteen days in stainless steel.
Domaine La Paleine 2024 Saumur Blanc
French White
Apple, pear, white flowers and honey appear in a dry, medium-bodied Chenin with present acidity and a delicate texture. The wine has no oak character and contains less than 1.2 grams of residual sugar per litre. It carries Organic and Biodynamic classifications. The grapes are hand harvested, and fermentation uses indigenous yeasts in stainless steel; maturation lasts twelve months in stainless steel.
Truchard Estate 2022 Roussanne
American White
Floral aromas of pineapple, honeysuckle and jasmine include brioche and vanilla. The palate is crisp, with pear, honeydew melon and apricot. Bright acidity accompanies a lengthy finish of citrus, mineral and spice. Whole clusters were pressed, and the wine matured for six months on its lees in French oak, with twenty percent new wood. Alcohol is 14.1 percent.
Forge Cellars 2020 Dry Riesling Classique
American White
Mandarin orange and cardamom accompany a vibrant profile. This dry Riesling comes from sites along the southeast shore of Seneca Lake, with gravelly loam, clay, shale and limestone soils. Harvest ran from October 14 to 28. Residual sugar measures 3.1 grams per litre, total acidity 6.3 grams per litre and alcohol 12.5 percent. A savoury mineral note appears, and the medium-bodied palate has persistence.
Dormilona 2022 Orenji
Australian White
Blood orange, grapefruit and guava accompany tannin in this skin-fermented white blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Part of the fruit ferments on skins in open-top tanks for two weeks, while a second component spends eight weeks on skins in a concrete egg. Elevage takes place in concrete and neutral barrel. The wine is bottled with minimal sulphur, and the vineyards are managed organically.
Synchromesh 2023 Storm Haven Vineyard Gold Digger Block Riesling
Canadian White
Lime and quince accompany pear-skin texture, linear lime acidity and a long, lean, dry finish. The Gold Digger block is named for metallic elements scattered through its gravelly soils, where they glimmer and reflect light toward the vines. The site also contains sandy loam, shattered slate and granite. Residual sugar is sixty-four grams per litre, while alcohol is 8.39 percent.
Quails’ Gate 2022 Dijon Clone Chardonnay
Canadian White
Honeyed peach and flint accompany a smooth, creamy texture and a clean, mineral-driven finish with stony character. Chardonnay combines Dijon clones 96, 95, 76 and 548 from selected South Kelowna vineyard blocks. The fruit is hand picked and whole-cluster pressed. Production includes French-oak barrel fermentation, fifteen months in barrel, full malolactic fermentation and some bâtonnage.
Swerwer 2023 Chenin Blanc
South African White
Citrus pith, Bosc pear and fynbos accompany a fine texture and a saline finish. Chenin comes from four dry-farmed, granitic Paardeberg vineyards, with vines averaging forty years. Around five percent of the fruit receives skin contact. Native fermentation and ten months on lees take place in older French barrels, while the finished wine is medium bodied.
Roland Lavantureux 2022 Chablis
French White
Pear and lemon appear with a touch of wet walnut. The palate has concentration, mid-palate weight and salty preserved-lemon freshness, with a bright finish. Chardonnay comes from a five-hectare parcel in Lignorelles. The estate vinifies each parcel separately, and this wine receives twenty-five percent barrel élevage. The profile is long and direct, and alcohol is 12.5 percent.
Intellego 2020 Chenin Blanc
South African White
Hay, naartjie, peach and cut apple appear with fresh acidity and a gently savoury finish. The medium-bodied wine is made entirely from Chenin grown on a single Paardeberg hillside vineyard of nineteen-year-old bush vines. Hand-harvested fruit is whole-bunch pressed with solids, and spontaneous fermentation takes place in neutral 500-litre French foudres. The wine ages eleven months on gross lees without bâtonnage and is bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulphur addition.
Carranco 2022 Villa dei Baroni Etna Bianco
Italian White
Green apple and citrus fruit accompany a complex, saline and intense profile. The palate shows freshness and softness. Carricante accounts for the entire blend and comes from Contrada Carranco in Castiglione di Sicilia. Vinification takes place in stainless steel, and the wine spends six to seven months in cement on the fine lees. Alcohol is thirteen percent and the designation is Etna Bianco DOC.
Domaine Delaporte 2022 Sancerre Chavignol Blanc
French White
Autour de l’Anne 2023 Los Annegeles
French White
Vermentino and Colombard are grown on limestone and red-clay soils in a one-hectare vineyard, whose vines average twenty years of age. The grapes are harvested by hand and ferment spontaneously in concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts. Ageing continues in tank, without fining, filtration or added sulphur. Cantaloupe, citrus, soft texture and energy define this biodynamically farmed white blend.
Escala Humana 2024 Livverá Malvasía
Argentinian White
Malvasía de Sitges comes from El Zampal in Tupungato at about 1,100 metres. The low-trained vineyard was planted in nineteen twenty-three on clay-loam soils. After destemming, the wine remains on skins for ninety to 120 days. Ageing is split evenly between used French barrels and concrete eggs. The profile is aromatic, floral, lightly spicy, broad and long, with a subtly saline finish.
Scarpa 2022 Monferrato Bianco Timorasso
Italian White
Timorasso grows at the I Bricchi estate, near Castel Rocchero and Acqui Terme, at about 380 metres. The soils are mainly clay with a small sandy component. The fruit receives roughly twenty hours of cool skin contact before stainless-steel fermentation and ageing, with regular bâtonnage. White flowers, citrus, ripe yellow fruit, saffron and flint accompany lively acidity and persistent minerality.
La Familia Mauvinon 2024 Bordeaux Blanc
French White
Vazisubani Estate 2020 Kisi Qvevri
Georgian White
Argillae 2023 Orvieto Superiore
Italian White
Bright straw-yellow colour accompanies yellow flowers, citrus and tropical fruit. The palate is broad, complex, fruity and persistent, with mineral notes, refreshing acidity and a fresh finish. Grechetto, Procanico, Malvasia, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc form the blend. Fermentation and four to five months of ageing take place in stainless steel, followed by one month of bottle ageing.
Brovia 2021 Roero Arneis
Italian White
Stone fruit and citrus meet a mineral spine in this dry white. Arneis comes from a 0.80-hectare, south-facing sandy vineyard in Vezza d’Alba at about 340 metres. Harvest is manual, followed by brief maceration and fermentation at controlled temperature for two to three weeks. The wine rests in stainless steel until early spring before several months of bottle ageing.
Chartron et Trébuchet 2023 Chablis
French White
Bright pale yellow colour with green and gold reflections accompanies white fruit and mineral notes. The palate is balanced, and the finish has lemon flavour and freshness. Chardonnay grows on Kimmeridgian marl and limestone in northern Burgundy's Chablis appellation. Vinification takes place in stainless steel without oak, and the wine also ages on its lees. Alcohol is 12.5 percent.
Bouchard Père & Fils 2021 Bourgogne Chardonnay
French White
Pale gold colour appears with peach, pear and creamy fruit character. Chardonnay comes from clay-limestone sites across Burgundy. Ageing lasts eight months, predominantly in stainless steel with a small portion in French oak barrels. Alcohol is 12.5 percent, residual sugar is 2.2 grams per litre and total acidity is 3.73 grams per litre. Its pH is 3.35.
rennersistas 2024 Gewürz Orange Wine
Austrian White
Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris are made as an orange wine after several days of skin contact. The profile is floral, ripe and lightly spicy, with rose and lychee. It is also fruity and aromatic. The vineyards are farmed biodynamically and hold Organic and Demeter certification. The wine comes from Burgenland, Austria, and contains 12.5 percent alcohol.
Maria Rigol Ordi 2024 Vinya Llarga Xarel·lo
Spanish White
Made entirely from Xarel·lo grown in the single Vinya Llarga parcel, the wine is pale straw-yellow, with apple, fennel, lemon-yogurt and saline notes. Half the wine ferments and ages in two 500-litre amphorae, while the other half uses stainless steel. The amphora portion spends six months on its lees. The profile has good acidity, candied fruit and ripe pear, with a lightly lactic finish. The vineyard is farmed organically.
Crossbarn by Paul Hobbs 2019 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay
American White
Green apple, white peach and citrus blossom aromas accompany pear, kumquat and lime zest. The palate has brisk acidity, minerality and a vibrant finish. Baker's yeast and crushed stone are also present. The wine is medium-bodied and silky, with crisp fruit. Chardonnay comes from the Sonoma Coast in California. The wine is unoaked, and production totalled sixteen thousand cases.
Attems 2022 Cicinis Collio Sauvignon Blanc
Italian White
Citrus, papaya and sage appear with vanilla, moka and jasmine. Lime and white blackberry are present on the finish. Sauvignon Blanc comes from a single vineyard at the foot of Monte Calvario on Ponca soils. Twenty-year-old vines are cooled by Bora winds and harvested by hand. Fermentation and nine months of maturation take place in concrete egg tanks and barriques, without malolactic fermentation. Alcohol is thirteen point five percent.