{"id":1860,"date":"2016-04-21T09:44:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2016-04-21T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:48:46","slug":"eric-chavalier-chardonnay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/2016\/04\/21\/eric-chavalier-chardonnay\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Chavalier Chardonnay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Joy abounds whenever a<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Kermit Lynch pre-order of wine<\/span> arrives at the Bevie!<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/chevalier-chardonnay.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1831\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1831\" src=\"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/chevalier-chardonnay.jpg\" alt=\"chevalier-chardonnay\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/chevalier-chardonnay.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/chevalier-chardonnay-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/chevalier-chardonnay-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Eric Chavalier Chardonnay is a gorgeous expression of French Chardonnay &#8211; not too oaky or too sweet, it is <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">a Chardonnay for non-Chardonnay drinkers and Chardonnay lovers alike.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">This Chardonnay exudes spring<\/span><\/strong> with a little bit of floralness and a touch of creaminess.\u00a0 Drink by itself or with basil pesto pasta, fresh cheese, or lemon chicken&#8230; this well rounded and delicious French white is one <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">of the best white wines you can buy for under $20.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chevalier Chardonnay is <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>NOT a regular stock item, we can only get a couple times a year<\/strong><\/span> so toss an extra bottle in the fridge and delight yourself and your guests with this classic French vin the next time you need a white wine!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eric-chevalier-chardonnay.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1830\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1830\" src=\"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eric-chevalier-chardonnay.jpg\" alt=\"eric-chevalier-chardonnay\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eric-chevalier-chardonnay.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eric-chevalier-chardonnay-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eric-chevalier-chardonnay-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Eric Chavalier Chardonnay &#8211; <span style=\"color: #993300;\">$13.99 sale!<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>From <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/kermitlynch.com\/our-wines\/eric-chevalier\/\" target=\"_blank\">kermitlynch.com:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GENERAL INFORMATION &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Country:\u00a0 France<\/li>\n<li>Region:\u00a0 Loire<\/li>\n<li>Appellation(s):\u00a0 Vin de Pays du Val de Loire, Muscadet C\u00f4tes de Grand Lieu<\/li>\n<li>Producer:\u00a0 \u00c9ric Chevalier<\/li>\n<li>Founded:\u00a0 Four generations old<\/li>\n<li>Annual Production:\u00a0 22,000 cases<\/li>\n<li>Farming:\u00a0 Lutte Raisonn\u00e9e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>VITICULTURE \/ VINIFICATION &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grapes are slowly and gently crushed by pneumatic press<\/li>\n<li>Juice is transferred underground into glass-lined cuves<\/li>\n<li>Natural fermentation by indigenous yeasts<\/li>\n<li>Wines age on the lees for 8-10 months, and lees are stirred regularly<\/li>\n<li>Wines are never racked or filtered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00c9ric Chevalier &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kermit-lynch.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1725 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kermit-lynch.jpg\" alt=\"kermit-lynch\" width=\"86\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00c9ric Chevalier is a rising star in the Nantais of the Loire Valley.<\/strong><\/span> For ten years, he sourced fruit for a large n\u00e9gociant in the Touraine.\u00a0 In 2005, he decided to return to his hometown of Saint-Philbert de Grandlieu, just southwest of Nantes, and ended up taking over the family domaine, Domaine de l\u2019Aujardi\u00e8re, the next year. His father, a talented vigneron who did not bottle much of his wines and was well-known as a high-quality source of bulk wine, had stopped working the vineyards and the vines were either going to have to be pulled up and replanted, or sold.\u00a0 \u00c9ric was anything but enthusiastic. Little by little his passion grew, and today he is proud to be the fourth generation to farm the domaine. He is also proud to be bottling more and more of the family\u2019s production himself.<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"> \u00c9ric sustainably farms twenty-five hectares of vines,<\/span><\/strong> producing wines of great character and finesse. He found his future in his family\u2019s past.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>The Nantais is a maritime climate,<\/strong><\/span> and the vineyards are not far from the Atlantic Ocean. Consequently, there is an interesting variety of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks, as this area once was ocean floor. Of the twenty-five hectares he farms, a large percentage of his production is dedicated to the production of Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet C\u00f4tes de Grand Lieu, mostly from old vines in the superb lieu-dit of La Butte). The soils here are comprised primarily of serpentinite and quartz, with the exception of his ancient granite parcel known as La No\u00eb. The other half of his crop (Chardonnay, Fi\u00e9 Gris, and Pinot Noir, among others) goes towards the production of Vin de Pays du Val du Loire, and the soils are rich in granite, sand, and silt. Of these \u201ccountry\u201d wines, the most notable is \u00c9ric\u2019s Fi\u00e9 Gris. This grape, pulled out of vineyards for many years to be replaced with the more profitable Sauvignon Blanc, is indigenous to the Loire. Also known as Sauvignon Rose or Sauvignon Gris, \u00c9ric\u2019s vines are one of the few remaining strongholds of this elegant and luscious varietal. It makes an impression, with almost an Alsatian exoticism.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy abounds whenever a Kermit Lynch pre-order of wine arrives at the Bevie! Eric Chavalier Chardonnay is a gorgeous expression of French Chardonnay &#8211; not too oaky or too sweet, it is a Chardonnay for non-Chardonnay drinkers and Chardonnay lovers alike. This Chardonnay exudes spring with a little bit of floralness and a touch of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/2016\/04\/21\/eric-chavalier-chardonnay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eric Chavalier Chardonnay<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[131,389,390,374,391,283],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1864,"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/1864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}