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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
This wine shows aromas of red fruits (mainly morello cherries) and spices (licorice, grey pepper). On the palate, the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $13.94
This deeply coloured wine has an inviting nose of dark cherry and chocolate. The palate is dense and rich, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.01
Grown on sunny slopes and harvested at the peak of ripeness, Syrah and Grenache grapes give the wine its deep ruby...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
Pour yourself a glass of this and spend an hour experiencing how it opens up in stages. At first there’s an...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.90
12 bottles: $29.30
Darkly coloured. Lovely sense of freshness, florality and herbal detail. Fairly full and rounded, quite mature...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $92.63 $99.60
Stunningly complex nose of dried flowers, beeswax and candied citrus peel. However, the interplay of richness and...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.20
12 bottles: $30.58
A blend from several steep parcels with east and south east exposure (Ardoix, Chavanay, Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf). From...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.48 $36.00
A very expressive Gigondas with great Mediterranean herb character plus black olives. Powerful and structured, but...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
A rich and structured Sablet with plenty of red fruits, licorice and candied orange character. A thread of spiciness...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.00
12 bottles: $34.20
Currants, freshly ground black pepper and cold ashes on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with fine tannins....
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2011 2021 France Rhone Valley Rapid Ship

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.

The Rhone Valley of southern France is a particularly fascinating wine region, with a history that stretches back to at least six hundred BCE, when the ancient Greeks first began cultivating vines there. The region itself is split into two distinct sub-regions, with the northern sub-region being famed for its production of exceptional Syrah, Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier wines, packed full of interesting character and expressing the terroir found there. The southern sub-region is home to an enormous variety of grapes, and produces red, white and rosé wines, and some of the world's most famous and adored blended wines. The continental climate of the region is ideal for growing grapes, and the winds which blow from the Central Massif help temper the heat in the vineyards, leading to very ripe fruits holding plenty of flavor.