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Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$578.38
The 2005 Angelus is as good as it gets, and despite having 2-3 decades of prime drinking ahead of it, is as profound...
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Chateau Angludet Margaux 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$64.70
The Sichel family’s Margaux property Château Angludet showed a deep garnet colour and a lovely plummy fruit on the...
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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$1455.28
The 2005 Ausone is magnificent. A wine of soaring intensity and class, the 2005 dazzles from the very first taste....
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$102.78
A beautiful wine from Beau-Séjour Bécot, the color of the 2005 is an opaque purple and the wine is loaded with...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$144.22
While no one will confuse the 2005 with this estate’s prodigious 1990, it is an outstanding effort from one of...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$74.20
Beautiful aromas of crushed blackberry, dried lavender and licorice lead to a full-bodied palate, with supervelvety...
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Chateau Bellevue Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$92.08
The first bottle of 2005 Bellevue that I tasted had a maderized, oxidized nose that was off-putting. This note is...
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Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$161.65
The Grand Vin, the 2005 Beychevelle is a gorgeous wine, with plenty of crème de cassis, floral notes, underbrush and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$143.28
Tight and dense still but so integrated and seamless in texture. Aromas of chocolate, hazelnuts, dried spices and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$158.50
This fragrant, lush, seductive wine offers up plum, Christmas spices and crème de cassis. This dense garnet/purple...
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Chateau Canon Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$184.78
The 2005 Château Canon is beautiful, although I think it checks in behind vintages such as 2009, 2015, 2016, and...
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Chateau Cantemerle Haut Medoc 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$74.90
Wow. This really shows wonderful depth and complexity on the nose with blueberries, fresh flowers and hints of...
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Chateau Chasse Spleen Moulis En Medoc 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$80.72
Barrel sample. Great, spicy new wood flavors are balanced by the intense, solid fruits and deep, almost brooding...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$979.95
A magical showing, the 2005 Chateau Cheval Blanc is a powerful, deep, incredibly massive wine by this estate’s...
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Chateau Clerc Milon Pauillac 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$128.19
The 2005 Château Clerc Milon is flat out awesome, it would certainly be one of those giant killers in a blind...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$211.01
A lesson in genuinely great wine, the 2005 Cos d’Estournel is a monster of a wine that delivers an incredible level...
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Chateau D'armailhac Pauillac 2005
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$107.11
This is almost the perfect time to drink this wine, although it still needs decanting to bring out the plush strokes...
Champagne Blend Red Bordeaux 2005 750ml
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.
There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.