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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $16.33 $17.56
A medium-bodied fruity rosé. with lots of peach, melon and grapefruit aromas. Round and creamy with a velvety...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $92.07 $99.00
Gorgeous perfumes of plums, berries, light chocolate and walnut follow through to a medium body, fine tannins and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.59 $31.54
Tight and polished with a beautiful center palate and density. Full-bodied, ripe and polished. Really delicious fruit...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.20 $17.50
Nice color with glints of crimson. Seductive nose, offering a broad aromatic palette in which scents of red fruit and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.00
Leathery and earthy nuances with touches of black pepper under lots of dark fruit aromas. Very dense and smooth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.88
12 bottles: $37.98
Readers will find a rich, flamboyant wine in the 2016 Barde-Haut. There is not a ton of subtlety here, but I am not...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $21.66
Superb intensity and clarity of fruit, ranging from blueberries to blackcurrants to oyster shells and lightly tarry...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.83
12 bottles: $18.45
Dark brambles on the nose. Great intensity and sculpted fruit here, this has some dark fruits and definite liquorice...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
91-93 Barrel Sample. Ripe, soft, revealing sumptuous black fruits, this wine shows an impressive side to this estate....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $70.38 $78.20
Sweet dark fruits on the nose, like black cherry jam with lovely touches of Cabernet Franc apparent in the herbal,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $84.24 $93.60
While I wasn’t able to taste the 2015, the 2014 Château Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse is fabulous stuff and well...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.90
12 bottles: $31.26
First vintage that I have tasted from this estate, purchased in 2006 by Bernard Magrez and renamed from Château le...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.93 $46.00
12 bottles: $44.03
#22 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. Wow. This shows so much intensity, with black-olive, blackberry, meat and earth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $57.70 $58.98
Very attractive aromas of currants, tile and sandalwood with black and red currants. It’s full-bodied with a tight,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.94 $57.48
An intensely perfumed nose with soft cocoa powder aromas. The texture is alluring, juicy and ripe but lifted, quite...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $96.30 $107.00
Right from the attack this has beautiful intensity and focus, with tannins covered by a layer of silk. A dash of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $87.42 $94.00
Quite possibly the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted, the 2020 Château Canon-La-Gaffelière offers that rare...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $219.94
The 2020 Canon is a wine of mind-blowing purity and nuance. It has been nothing less than thrilling on the three...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.83 $29.89
94–96. Barrel Sample. This fine estate has produced a powerful, rich wine that has fine potential. Solid,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.65
Ripe black fruits shine through this balanced wine, showing strongly against a backdrop of rich, generous tannins....
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Red Bordeaux Rose / Blush Viognier France Rapid Ship

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.

Although primarily associated with the Rhone region of France, the precise origins of the Viognier grape variety are unknown, and the subject of much debate. However, these fine and delicate green skinned grapes are an important varietal for many of France's most elegant white wines, and they are quickly beginning to spread around the New World, too, where wineries are discovering their unique qualities and unusual character. Viognier grapes are notoriously difficult to grow, due to the fact they are highly susceptible to mildew, but wineries persevere with them nonetheless, producing wines which are highly aromatic and have a great, fruit-forward character. Their delicate aroma suggests sweetness due to its flowery, sappy nature, but the wine itself generally very dry and crisp, and full of summery, light and refined qualities.

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.