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Red
750ml
Bottle: $89.94
12 bottles: $88.14
Perfumed, with raspberries and flowers and hints of lemon. Full body, with ultra-fine tannins and a chewy finish....
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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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Red
750ml
Bottle: $202.20
12 bottles: $191.52
Very dark, spicy and mysterious, this is a concentrated and graceful Pomerol that shows what was possible in this...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $109.89 $114.00
12 bottles: $108.30
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: $141.21 $156.90
I could have picked a first growth here – Pauillac has three – but this is a relatively good value fifth growth,...
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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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Case only
Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $74.95
Pretty nose of blueberries, currants and blackberries, follows through to a full body, with ultra-refined tannins and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $1026.00 $1140.00
Extravagant and exotic, but still lively, this is a super-concentrated and elegant wine that's already breathtaking,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $318.60 $354.00
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: $49.94
12 bottles: $48.94
Barrel sample. Spicy wood, ginger and nutmeg, balancing with solid textured black fruits. The wine is rich, a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.95 $93.60
12 bottles: $88.92
Fabulous aromas of licorice, flowers and blackcurrants follow through to a full body with wonderful silky and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $1080.00 $1200.00
This is what the Medoc is all about. The freshness and delicacy of this wine in combination with its serious...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $108.36 $120.40
This is a good Lagrange, showing well now with no need to wait too long. It perhaps doesn't have the concentration...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.94 $100.80
Very dense and still rather reserved, with dark blueberry, blackberry and fig notes rolled together, framed by...
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Case only
Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $109.90
In 2009, Lascombes was still going long on exuberant expression, and it's still apparent after 10 years. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $170.55 $189.50
A major success of the vintage. The wine exhibits extreme richness of the fruit, with all its sweet blackberry...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.95
12 bottles: $93.05
The second vintage of Le Petit Lion, and the first where the vintage really was good enough to showcase its...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $341.01 $378.90
Let yourself go and sink into this deep dark chasm that will swallow you whole if you let it. Enormous concentration,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $296.91 $329.90
The greatest wine I’ve ever tasted from this address is the 2009 Léoville Poyferré, which is a step up over both...
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Red Bordeaux 2009 France Bordeaux

There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.

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 wine regions in the world with a reputation as glowing and well established as that of the Bordeaux, in France. Situated mainly around the Dordogne and Gironde rivers, Bordeaux makes the most of its humid climate and rich, clay and gravel based soils to grow some of the finest examples of red and white grape varietals on earth. Wineries in this region have been in operation for hundreds of years, and have carefully developed the expertise required for the production of carefully balanced and utterly delicious blended red and white wines, alongside some exceptional single variety bottles. Many of the chateaux found in Bordeaux have become household names, due to their prestige and the excellence of their products, grown with love and dedication by heritage wineries in this beautiful and special region.