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Red
750ml
Bottle: $129.33 $143.70
A magnificent sleeper of the vintage, the 2008 Duhart Milon is the shrewd consumer’s wine to purchase by the case...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $159.48 $177.20
Talk about value, the 2009 Duhart-Milon is straight up sensational stuff. Made from 63% Cabernet Sauvignon and 37%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
Loads of sweet tobacco and berry character, with hints of chocolate on the nose. Full body, with meat and earth....
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $74.95 $80.20
Perfumed, with raspberries and flowers and hints of lemon. Full body, with ultra-fine tannins and a chewy finish....
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $323.28 $359.20
This is delicious, with grilled cedar, cassis, blackberry and black pepper spice to the fore. For me it is the 2010...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $181.98 $202.20
Very dark, spicy and mysterious, this is a concentrated and graceful Pomerol that shows what was possible in this...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $107.95 $115.50
Dark and structured, this is a firm wine. It has a smoky wood character, powerful tannins over intensely ripe fruit....
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $495.00
One of the best value St-Juliens, this is an estate that was beginning to come in to its own around 2009, and it...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.95
12 bottles: $87.17
A solid red, with raspberry and currant aromas and flavors. Full body, with solid tannins. Polished texture. Well...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $119.34 $132.60
You start to feel the dial turning up the power as this travels through the palate. Even at 10 years old, the tannins...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $141.48 $157.20
I could have picked a first growth here – Pauillac has three – but this is a relatively good value fifth growth,...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.20
12 bottles: $34.50
Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. It is clear that the aromatics on the 2008 are a little simpler and...
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Case only
Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $74.85
The 2009 Guiraud is one of the gems of Sauternes this vintage, one of the finest offerings in recent years. It has a...
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Case only
Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $104.85
Pretty nose of blueberries, currants and blackberries, follows through to a full body, with ultra-refined tannins and...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $630.63 $700.70
I loved this vintage of Haut Brion en primeur and am so happy that it has more than lived up to expectations now that...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $1027.35 $1141.50
Extravagant and exotic, but still lively, this is a super-concentrated and elegant wine that's already breathtaking,...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $130.68 $145.20
A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 Haut-Bailly possesses incredible complexity. Tell-tale notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.41
12 bottles: $30.78
A delicious sleeper of the vintage, the dense plum-colored 2008 Hortevie offers up scents of herbs, earth, Asian...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $319.95 $355.50
Beautifully ripe plum colour here, this has an opulent texture with creamy fruit and cigar box, with a confident...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $150.20
12 bottles: $141.55
An absolutely spectacular effort, the 2009 is one of the all-time great La Gaffelieres produced. One would have to go...
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1980 2008 2009 France

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.