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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Red plum, currants and cedar aromas with a touch of earthy goodness. This wine is medium to full-bodied and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
• 100% Merlot. • Sourced from four vineyards in the Yakima Valley, Red Mountain and Columbia Valleys. • Sees...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $8.55
The color is deep ruby red, almost garnet. Berry-like aroma, intense, with typical Merlot character. Dry, soft,...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $18.44 $20.49
6 bottles: $16.66
Our Merlot is a very stylish and fruit-driven red wine. Rich and complex flavors of plum and berry are complemented...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.45 $11.00
12 bottles: $9.51
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $16.94
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $7.84
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.98
12 bottles: $20.57
Color: Clean burgundy color with cherry hues. Nose: Expressive nose of red and black fruit such as blackberry along...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $15.17
12 bottles: $13.18
In 2015, chateau owner Bertrand Gourdou was searching through an old desk when he came across a label that his...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
12 bottles: $35.22
• Practicing organic. • 100% Merlot. • A 3 ha parcel on the plateau of Canon Fronsac. • Limestone and clay...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $14.01
Deep color, peppery aromas, a fresh first impression, constant presence on the palate and a lively finish. Aromas of...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.70
12 bottles: $11.47
COLOUR: An extremely deep garnet red. BOUQUET: An expressive aroma of red berry notes, like cherry and raspberry, and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
This vibrant and alluring Merlot draws you in with fragrances of ripe raspberry, Bing cherry and red currant, as well...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.90
12 bottles: $13.62
Merlot is one of our most popular varietals and we work extra hard to achieve the wine’s quintessential...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
Rich, fruity aromas with flavors of fresh herbs, clove and tobacco on the palate. This medium-bodied wine is a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.99
12 bottles: $11.52
The 2022 Grayson Merlot is sumptuous and rich with a beautiful purple garnet color. The aromas show rich complexity...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.94 $20.40
• Practicing Organic. • 93% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot. • Sourced from Happy Canyon AVA of Santa Ynez Valley. •...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $118.65
6 bottles: $116.28
This Merlot is sourced from three sites: Loess Vineyard, Mill Creek Upland, and Leonetti Old Block. Aged 15 months in...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
The 2022 Palomino El Muelle de Olaso is sourced from the renowned El Corregidor Estate in Jerez. It underwent 80%...
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Aglianico Merlot Sherry Xinomavro 2022

Aglianico is a black skinned grape most commonly associated with the exquisite wines of the Campania region of Italy. It thrives most happily in hot and dry climates, and as such, has had plenty of success in the New World, particularly in the United States, where it is used to great effect in many red wines. It was believed to come from Greece several thousand years ago, brought by Pheonician tradesman, and was wildly popular in Roman times, when it was used in the finest wines made by the Roman empire. Aglianico grapes produce full bodied red wines which have a high tannin and acid content. As such, it has excellent ageing potential, and with a standard amount of time in a barrel, it rounds out and mellows to produce beautifully balanced wines.

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.

Xinomavro is the predominant grape varietal of Macedonia, although it is also grown in many parts of Greece where the climatic conditions are suitable for this particular fruit. The names translates as 'acid black', which gives some clue as to the nature of this varietal. The grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, which is a result of the thick and blue-black skins found on the fruit. This particular characteristic results in a superb aging potential in wines made from the Xinomavro varietal, as time spent in barrels softens these strong, astringent tannins and allows the full range of their flavors to come through in the wine. Most commonly, Xinomavro grapes are associated with aromas of red gooseberry, spices, olives and dried fruit, such as dried tomato.