White Wine Varietals

If you are fascinated by white wines you’re either just starting your love affair with wine or you’ve reached the golden years. In the beginning there are reasons to be enamored; foremost probably is that it’s served chilled, it may have some sweetness and there is no bitterness from tannins. For a time in the middle you’ll be seduced by red wines and see no other. Finally you discover the joy of complex white wines where balance is as precise as a ballerina’s and bouquet and flavours are as rewarding as a sonnet.

More than any other type of wine this is where the “Taste Profiles” in the search feature can be useful. There is such a spectrum of white wines and within white varietals that a star to guide by can be a great help. I tell you from personal experience, stumbling around in the dark one bumps into some exciting things.

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Albarino Wine
The smell of an alfalfa field when you walk through it early on a dewy morning.
Arneis Wine

Chablis Wine
Ethereal bouquets and lengthy flavours that host nuances beyond description.
Chardonnay Wine
Crisp, highly mineral Chablis, nutty Meursault, nervy Chassagne, profound Corton-Charlemagne, voluptuous Sonoma County or weighty Napa wines
Chenin Blanc Wine
Chenin blanc can range from sublime sweet wine to divinely dry,
Falanghina Wine

Furmint Wine
The wine is fragrant with white flowers, lime, quince and maybe even Sarrano ham.
Garganega Wine
A mineral note adds complexity to its floral and fruity character.
Gavi Wine

Gewurztraminer Wine
Rose petal, honeysuckle, white pepper, sometimes petrol and, most unmistakably, lychee.
Gruner Veltliner Wine
The flavour is often of peaches with lemon grass and minerals with attention grabbing acidity.
Harslevelu Wine

Italy bianco Wine

Marsanne Wine
The bouquet is of sandalwood, candle wax and crushed almonds.
Melon de Bourgogne Wine
Their great acidity imparts a mouth watering character that gives the wine great immediate appeal.
Meursault Wine

Muscadelle Wine

Muscadet Wine
Their great acidity imparts a mouth watering character
Muscat Wine

Organic or Biodynamic White Wine
Fostering healthy soil makes for healthy vines, plant by the cosmos and then you're really throwing eye-of-toad in the cauldron!
Pedro Ximinez Wine

Petite Manseng Wine
Quince, apricot, orange zest... it's your first love as a grown-up.
Pinot Blanc Wine
Pinot blanc gives a wine with fruity aromas.
Pinot Gris Wine

Pouilly-Fuisse Wine

Pouilly-Fume Wine

Pouilly-Montrachet Wine

Rhone blanc Wine
Think stone fruits, baked goods made savory with herbs.
Riesling Wine

Roter Veltliner Wine
The aromas have an Asian spice character highlighted by zest of Myer lemons and cut grass. The flavours are muskmelon, golden currants and grilled pitted fruits.
Roussanne Wine
Some of the most glorious, not to be missed, white wines in the Rhone
Sancerre Wine

Sauvignon Blanc Wine
The flavours here are brighter, fresher than most other whites, most certainly Chardonnay.
Semillon Wine

Seyval Blanc Wine

Soave Wine

Sustainably farmed white Wine
Low impact viticulture is better for the wine, the people and the earth
Torrontes Wine
Compelling aromatics of pitted fruits like apricot and peach, white flowers and quince
Trebbiano Wine
Straw coloured with grapefruit and honey dew nuances it is a lively inviting wine. Verdelho Wine

Verdicchio Wine

Viognier Wine

Viura Wine
Viura makes a zesty, vibrant light to medium bodied wine
Vouvray Wine

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