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Bottle: $556.50
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A wine with great beauty and finesse. Such elegance and ethereal quality for this estate. Full body, with ultra-fine...
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Red
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Bottle: $239.00
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90-92 The finest wine from this estate since their glorious 1982, the 2010 Petit Village possesses aromas of...
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Bottle: $137.20
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An undeniable sleeper of the vintage, this may be the finest Poujeaux I have tasted in three decades. A crushed...
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Red
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Black truffle and dark berries. Full body, round and fresh tannins and fresh acidity give this lift and intensity....
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Bottle: $271.98 $302.20
Always a more understated style, and this is benchmark stuff from Talbot. If you had to close your eyes and say what...
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Bottle: $76.64
Bright golden color with aromas of caramel, butterscotch, candied fruit and dried apricot. Dry, round and well...
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Aromas of orange peel, walnuts and berries follow through to a full body, with a luscious tannins and fruit...
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This smells like a bouquet of flowers with blueberries and currants and spices. Full body, yet agile and refined. So...
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Bottle: $1368.45 $1396.46
The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino is an absolutely distinctive wine and one unlike this producer has ever released. It...
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Currants and dark fruits with hints of licorice. Full and silky with ripe tannins and berry. Cigar tobacco and berry....
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An ugly duckling at en primeur time, this has since blossomed into a wine that is structured, tending toward...
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Whereas 2005 has the power, 2010 has power and elegance combined. The nose has a dark fruit, floral and mint...
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Two bottles of the 2010 Grand Puy-Lacoste were opened, the first showing just a little oxidation. The second has an...
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Bottle: $362.10
As ever when tasting the two together, the striking thing is the difference in character rather than quality between...
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1996 2010 France Italy 1.5Ltr

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.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.