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Red
375ml
Bottle: $21.40
Tight and polished with a beautiful center palate and density. Full-bodied, ripe and polished. Really delicious fruit...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $13.36 $14.85
24 bottles: $12.87
90-92 Close to an even split of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with 8% Petit Verdot, the 2018 Château Beaumont...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $27.46
This structured, dense wine is packed with as much tannins as fruit at this stage. Balance is coming and this ripe...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $26.95
Coming from the northwestern part of Saint-Emilion, not far from the border of Pomerol, the 2018 Château Corbin is...
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Red
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $21.60
Very pretty plum, chocolate and hazelnut aromas follow through to a full body with polished yet chewy tannins and...
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $21.48
Beautiful clarity of crushed red berries with dried flowers and sliced oyster mushrooms on the nose. Full-bodied with...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $24.70
Barrel Sample. While this wine is tightly structured, it also has plenty of generous black fruits that give succulent...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $14.94
Pleasant mature Bordeaux with soft tannins and a full, rich flavor. Very complex nose. Beautiful brilliant purple...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $22.70
12 bottles: $22.25
Austerity takes over on the attack; you really have to give it five minutes to soften and allow the black cherry and...
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $26.28
The flagship 2018 Château Lagrange is a more dense, backward, serious wine, offering an unevolved yet incredibly...
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Red
Case only
Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $26.94
Beautifully textured and rich in black-currant flavors and tannins, this is a generous wine. The fruits and the dusty...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.94
24 bottles: $11.52
This 430-acre estate has produced an elegant, fruity wine. The wine comes from vines on the edge of the Pauillac...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $15.35
Notes of ripe plums and black cherries with layers of spice, such as anisette and cloves. Hints of chocolate, bark...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $35.70
12 bottles: $34.99
The top wine of the château, the 2019 Château Monbousquet comes from lower down on the plain of Saint-Emilion and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $69.95
12 bottles: $68.55
Coming from 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc brought up in 60% new French oak, the...
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $43.08
As to the Grand Vin 2019 Château Pape Clement, it reveals a dense purple hue to go with stunning aromatics of crème...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $32.70
#69 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. This is a very classically structured Bordeaux with blackcurrant, walnut, cedar and...
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $29.85
Barrel Sample. This wine is poised between great ripeness and a mineral, textured character, while also showing a...
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $8.55
This vineyard close to the city of Libourne produces a rich, generous wine. The tannins are fully integrated with the...
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Chardonnay Red Bordeaux 2018 2019 375ml

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.

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.