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Red
750ml
Bottle: $97.94
Superb brick red/brown appearance with medium depth of color. Very clean fresh aroma with a subdued spicy character...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $110.95
To be drunk in its youth (in the first 3 years) to enjoy its superb fruit aromas. Or to be open from the 5th year to...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $1139.20
The 2003 Masseto is tremendous tonight. I admit, 2003 is one of my least favorite vintages, and yet the wine is so...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $468.21
A wonderful nose of currants, cranberries, blackberries, and light earth notes. Very precise nose. Full bodied and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $52.87
Bright ruby-red. Ripe cherry, vanilla and floral pastilles on the smoky, oak-spiced nose. Sweet and supple on the...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $98.19
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $128.39
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Dessert Wine Merlot Red Blend 2003

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.