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Gorgeous perfumes of plums, berries, light chocolate and walnut follow through to a medium body, fine tannins and...
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This offers up a small plume of cocoa before steering back to more typical dark currant and black cherry fruit notes,...
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#58 Top 100. I was able to taste the 2016 Château Beychevelle on two occasions, and it showed beautifully both...
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#16 TOP 100, 2019. The core of this red is loaded with pure plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors. The...
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An intensely perfumed nose with soft cocoa powder aromas. The texture is alluring, juicy and ripe but lifted, quite...
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The 2005 Brane-Cantenac is fabulous. Effusive and explosive to the core, the 2005 possesses tons of energy and...
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The 2016 Brane-Cantenac is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Carmenere picked...
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A tight, focused center palate to this red with blackberries, dark chocolate, hazelnuts and smoke. Medium to full...
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An enticing nose oscillating between pure black fruit and fine spices that becomes more floral in character after...
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Rated 98 - The 2016 Canon la Gaffeliere has a deep garnet color. It bursts on the scene with exuberant notes of juicy...
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94–96. Barrel Sample. This fine estate has produced a powerful, rich wine that has fine potential. Solid,...
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The 2012 Cheval Blanc boasts stunning power and a vertical, imposing sense of structure that is quite rare in this...
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Tasted on four separate occasions, the 2016 Château Clinet is another brilliant wine from this estate. Showing...
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#51 Top 100, 2019. This is muscular yet so well defined and toned. Full-bodied with deep and dense fruit on the...
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Very fruity with strawberry and currants on the nose. Full bodied, with silky tannins and a long, fruity finish....
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This is a really driven d’Armailhac showing blackcurrants and fruit tea with hints of bark on the nose and palate....
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This is a beautiful Giscours with tension and finesse. It's full-bodied and shows plenty of berry and spice...
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This wine is rich with tannins and ripe black fruits. A core of lusciousness gives the wine weight and density. It...
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Wonderful aromas of currants and blackberries with hints of spices. Full body, with fabulous tannins and a long and...
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Slowly and confidently inching towards its drinking window, but needs another three to five years before it gets...
Chardonnay Red Bordeaux 375ml 4.0Ltr 12 Ship Free Items
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.