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French Colombard

French Colombard Wine Details
Price: $5.90 per bottle

Description: This excellent, fragrant, semi-dry, pleasant tasting wine develops its captivating character, flavor, and bouquet from the slow cold-fermenting process. Enjoy as a perfect complement to meals or anytime as a cocktail. Serve chilled.

Varietal Definition
Colombard:
Better known as French Colombard in North America. Acidic grape crushed by some northern Californian producers and made into a fruity white wine of simple character in both dry and sweet versions. Mainly grown in California to provide acidic backbone for white "jug" wine blends. Still grown in France where it is used for white wine blends known as "Bordeaux Blanc" and is also used for distilling into brandy. Also widely grown in South Africa.


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