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$21.40
Tight and polished with a beautiful center palate and density. Full-bodied, ripe and polished. Really delicious fruit...
375ml
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$14.85
90-92 Close to an even split of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with 8% Petit Verdot, the 2018 Château Beaumont...
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$26.95
$27.46
This structured, dense wine is packed with as much tannins as fruit at this stage. Balance is coming and this ripe...
375ml
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$26.95
Coming from the northwestern part of Saint-Emilion, not far from the border of Pomerol, the 2018 Château Corbin is...
375ml
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$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...
375ml - Case of 24
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$26.28
The flagship 2018 Château Lagrange is a more dense, backward, serious wine, offering an unevolved yet incredibly...
375ml - Case of 24
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$26.94
Beautifully textured and rich in black-currant flavors and tannins, this is a generous wine. The fruits and the dusty...
375ml
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$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...
375ml - Case of 24
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$20.28
A rich, multilayered nose of dark fruit, mushrooms, earth and violets. Some black olives, too. Full-bodied with...
375ml
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$19.94
12 bottles:
$19.54
Crisp and chalky on the nose, this appellation blend offers aromas of grapefruit peel, white-fleshed fruits and a...
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Chateau Nenin Pomerol 2018
375ml - Case of 12
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$50.03
Elegant, complex nose with dark and blue fruit, as well as spicy and earthy undertones. Sandalwood and cedar with...
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$83.95
Wild-strawberry, blackberry and blueberry aromas with some spices and herbs. It’s full-bodied with a balance of...
Chardonnay Red Bordeaux 2018 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.