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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $31.90
6 bottles: $31.26
Rated 89 - All Viognier, the 2020 Vin De France Esteban Blanc is a juicy, medium-bodied, delicious sparkler that has...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $261.00
Rated 97 - The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Croix de Bois comes from a site on the eastern side of the appellation and,...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $519.00
Rated 97 - The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Croix de Bois comes from a site on the eastern side of the appellation and,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.90
6 bottles: $64.00
Rated 95 - Mostly Clairette (there's 20% Grenache Blanc), the 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Bernardine Blanc has a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.74 $51.30
Rated 90 - Blackberries, ripe cherries, Provençal garrigue, sandalwood, and savory flower notes all define the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $209.95 $214.70
Rated 96 - Blackberries, crushed violets, ample minerality, and some scorched earth notes all emerge from the 2016...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $111.12
6 bottles: $108.90
Rated 92 - There are four Côte Rôties in 2019 that I was able to taste. In the same qualitative ballpark as the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $185.90
6 bottles: $185.00
Rated 95 - Named after the lieu-dit, which is located next to Viallière, the 2016 Côte Rôtie Nève sports a deep...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $240.87
6 bottles: $236.05
Rated 97 - This is tightly focused, with a well-delineated core of cassis, damson plum and bitter cherry fruit that...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.93
12 bottles: $19.53
La Ciboise is named after the home of Michel Chapoutier’s grandfather, located in the town of Tain l’Hermitage....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.84 $17.60
12 bottles: $15.83
Rated 90 - A supple and flavorful white with notes of cooked lemons, honeysuckle, pears and fresh leaves. Medium body...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $15.10 $16.78
12 bottles: $15.05
Rated 91 - Both bright and generous, this Southern Rhone rosé is brimming with strawberry, nectarine and citrus...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.84 $17.60
12 bottles: $15.83
Rated 90 - Plenty of crunchy red berries and cherries on the nose with dark cherries, dried thyme and peppercorns....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.94
12 bottles: $28.36
Rated 92 - A ripe, unctuous version, with an expressive mix of apple, nectarine, dried chamomile and warm hay...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.94
6 bottles: $42.08
Rated 91 - Another beautiful white from the team, the 100% Marsanne 2021 Crozes Hermitage Les Meysonniers Blanc...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.94 $40.90
Rated 93 - Boasts beautifully pure fruit, with black and red berry flavors layered with sweet licorice, giving way to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.10
12 bottles: $31.54
Rated 90 - Shows singed herbs, spices and mesquite smoke, which surround red currant and crunchy plum flavors....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.84
6 bottles: $43.94
Rated 93 - An ample and well-rounded Crozes-Hermitage with notes of dark cherries, mixed berries, dried herbs, smoke...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $399.95
6 bottles: $391.95
Rated 94 - It is an amazing achievement. Even better is the 2008 Ermitage l’Ermite (449 cases). Not as concentrated...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $587.70
6 bottles: $586.80
Rated 98 - The 2011 Ermitage l’Ermite is a killer Hermitage that offers a huge bouquet of thick crème de cassis...
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The Rhone region of France is one which is deeply influenced by tradition. With a wine history which stretches back to well over a thousand years, and a consistent degree of excellence demonstrated by their wineries, producing wines which have shaped the drink as we know it, it isn’t difficult to see why tradition is held in such high regard. What is unusual then, is when you find a Rhone winery which, while producing excellent, classic Rhone wines, is also willing to seek out new opportunities and break from the norm somewhat.

One such winery is Maison Chapoutier. The Chapoutier family are a proper, old Rhone clan, who operate on land which has been passed down from father to son since the end of the 18th century. The winery was set up on the ancestral site in 1879, when a set of heritage vineyards were bought and new vines were sown, thus starting the business which continues to this day. The wineries fortunes were mixed, and for much of its history it didn’t make any great waves with their traditional, standard Hermitage wines which were probably very similar to those made elsewhere in the village. However, in the 1980s, the latest generation of Chapoutiers, Michel and Marc, took over the business from their father with a renewed sense of passion and keenness to make their voices heard and their wine tasted across the world.

The results were highly positive, and the Rhone wines of Maison Chapoutier quickly gained recognition for their excellence and complexity. The success of their home produce prompted the Chapoutier brothers to expand their family business, and they soon set their sights on becoming an international company, spreading their unique style - blending Rhone tradition with global sophistication - elsewhere around the world. They bought vineyards in Portugal, and then Australia, and decided to break with tradition completely and turn their farming techniques over to the biodynamic method, which emphasizes using natural cycles of the moon, enriching the soils with various natural components, and trying to be completely harmonious with nature. As such, all of their vineyards around the world are completely organic and biodynamic, and all of their wines are single-varietal - another unusual feature at odds with their traditional roots, where blending is very much the norm. The results more than speak for themselves, however, and Marc and Michel Chapoutier continue to receive awards and recognition for their wines, as they seek to expand further and continue spreading their message.