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Red
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Bottle: $99.83 $108.00
Black licorice and blackberry aromas lead to a full body, with velvety tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Offers...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $125.88
12 bottles: $123.36
A wine full of new wood that gives green coffee bean and intensely ripe fruit aromas. Very juicy and rich—the power...
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Bottle: $1719.25 $1828.99
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $348.95
Light, bright gold. Powerful orchard and pit fruit aromas are complemented by smoky lees, iodine, chamomile and...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $166.62
Light, bright gold. Powerful orchard and pit fruit aromas are complemented by smoky lees, iodine, chamomile and...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $180.95
This grand rosé is rich and rounded. Its red fruit flavors are layered with toast and spice notes, with depth that...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $213.64
#53 TOP 100 CELLAR SELECTIONS 2019. The wine's name stands for recently disgorged and this vintage Champagne was...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $217.13
#53 TOP 100 CELLAR SELECTIONS 2019. The wine's name stands for recently disgorged and this vintage Champagne was...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $188.29
Offers crushed berries, with flowers and sandalwood. The nose is reserved, but interesting. Full-bodied, with silky...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $252.82
The 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a dark brooding effort that emerges from the glass with warm notes of...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $183.28
This is an iteration of a legendary Champagne. Perfectly balanced, still packed with white fruit but just touching...
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Red
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Bottle: $135.77
The estate’s 2004 Brunello di Montalcino is gorgeous for its clarity, elegance and precision. Medium in body, the...
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Red
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Bottle: $271.95 $289.18
The 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento is developing beautifully. Whereas the 2006 possesses...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $217.79
The 2004 Blanc de Blancs has developed notable aromatic complexity and nuance over the last few years. Smoke, slate,...
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Bottle: $717.62
The 2004 Dom Pérignon is a totally different beast. It is the product of a very long and cool growing season marked...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $209.46
The 2004 Dom Pérignon is a totally different beast. It is the product of a very long and cool growing season marked...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $355.83
The 2004 Dom Pérignon is a totally different beast. It is the product of a very long and cool growing season marked...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $401.95
The 2004 Dom Pérignon is a totally different beast. It is the product of a very long and cool growing season marked...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $439.16
A wine of pure and total pleasure, the 2004 Dom Pérignon Rosé is explosive and hedonistically rich, with tons of...
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A wine of pure and total pleasure, the 2004 Dom Pérignon Rosé is explosive and hedonistically rich, with tons of...
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Champagne Blend Frappato Sangiovese 2004

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.