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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml
Bottle: $113.94
A beautifully developed nose opens with aromas of burnt caramel, figs, buckwheat, and honey with notes of pine...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $1154.71
The 2002 Masseto is such a gorgeous wine. Red cherry, sweet red plum, spice and floral overtones all convey...
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95
Case only
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $292.09
Though this dessert wine is already excellent, it's quite exciting to imagine how good it will be as its delicate...
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93
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Brandy Dessert Wine Merlot 2002

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.