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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $107.00
While this Champagne from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger is still young, showing a crisp, bone-dry character alongside tight...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.94 $54.20
Bright and intensely floral, with a lovely violet aroma and long, rich plum sauce, blackberry and currant notes....
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $272.24
Based on a solera system of reserve wines, this oak-aged Champagne shows considerable maturity while keeping a sense...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $529.20 $588.00
3 bottles: $489.00
Along with the 2005, the 2009 is the greatest Angelus I've tasted and is a perfect wine in every way. Based on 60%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $578.88 $643.20
A longer, slower harvest than 2009, with cooler nights giving a resultantly fresher acidity. Highlighting the serious...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $55.88 $57.20
12 bottles: $54.76
Even better than the 2009, the 2010 Château Barde-Haut offers the same sexy, extroverted style yet has slightly more...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $182.70 $203.00
This wine showed exceptionally well, both at the the Bordeaux 10 Years On tasting in London a few weeks ago and in...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.60
12 bottles: $24.11
Château Bertrand-Braneyre was purchased in 1993 by Ludwig Cooreman after a 50-year career in the wine industry in...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $213.60
12 bottles: $202.35
An attractive, medium-bodied St.-Julien with plenty of blueberry character, plus touches of cassis and mint and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $174.95 $184.20
12 bottles: $173.85
Firm tannins still at 10 years very much showing their quality and flexibility. This is brilliant, cassis, bilberry,...
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White
500ml
Bottle: $40.95 $46.80
This has the botrytis spice I like with almond paste and clove undertones as well as dried peaches and apricots....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $55.20
12 bottles: $54.10
Ripe, fresh and decidedly forward in style, with a modestly tarry edge supporting the juicy blackberry, loganberry...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $97.94 $99.60
12 bottles: $95.98
Ripe fruit, pink flowers and cinnamon spice nuances on the nose. Round and bright, chewy, chunky, but restrained too,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $130.68 $145.20
Showing beautifully, the 2009 Château Brane-Cantenac is loaded with classic Margaux notes of sandalwood, dried...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $134.55 $149.50
62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc. Still a very youthful and lively Margaux with fine tannins...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $210.60
A wine that expresses the sun-drenched and opulent character of the vintage, and yet Merlot does not play a leading...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $216.45 $237.20
This is an architectural wine, very classical in its structure like so many of the top wines of 2010. It's powered by...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $184.95 $195.00
The freshness on the nose is striking and you could easily mistake this for a 4-5 year old wine. Ripe elderberry and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $210.00
Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Canon la Gaffeliere delivers classic plum preserves, boysenberries and cigar box...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $1099.95 $1131.00
One of my favorite vintages from this incredible terroir located on the upper plateau of Saint-Emilion, the 2009...
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2009 2010 Australia Chile France

Whilst most of Australia consists of arid deserts and dense bushland, the oceanic coasts to the south of the country have a terrain and climate ideal for vine cultivation and wine production. It took several decades of failed attempts at the end of the 18th century in order to produce vines of a decent enough quality for making wine, but since those first false starts, the Australian wine industry has continued to grow and grow. Today, wine production makes up for a considerable part of the Australian economy, with exports in recent years reaching unprecedented levels and even overtaking France for the first time ever. Whilst the greatest successes in regards to quality have been the result of the Syrah grape varietal (known locally as Shiraz), Australia utilizes several Old World grapes, and has had fantastic results from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Riesling, Chardonnay and more. As the Australian passion for locally produced wine continues to develop, wineries have begun experimenting with a wider range of grape varietals, meaning that nowadays it isn't uncommon to find high quality Australian wines made from Petit Verdot, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Viognier, amongst many others.

Chile has a long and rich wine history which dates back to the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century, who were the first to discover that the wonderful climate and fertile soils of this South American country were ideal for vine cultivation. It has only been in the past forty or fifty years, however, that Chile as a modern wine producing nation has really had an impact on the rest of the world. Generally relatively cheap in price,Whilst being widely regarded as definitively 'New World' as a wine producing country, Chile has actually been cultivating grapevines for wine production for over five hundred years. The Iberian conquistadors first introduced vines to Chile with which to make sacramental wines, and although these were considerably different in everything from flavor, aroma and character to the wines we associate with Chile today, the country has a long and interesting heritage when it comes to this drink. Chilean wine production as we know it first arose in the country in the mid to late 19th century, when wealthy landowners and industrialists first began planting vineyards as a way of adopting some European class and style. They quickly discovered that the hot climate, sloping mountainsides and oceanic winds provided a perfect terroir for quality wines, and many of these original estates remain today in all their grandeur and beauty, still producing the wines which made the country famous.

Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.