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Julien Sunier Morgon 2019
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$62.95
#18 in Top 100 Value Wines, 2021. What a deep, complex nose this has! It’s like looking into the abyss, yet it’s...
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Louis Claude Desvignes Morgon Javernieres 2019
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$45.14
100% Gamay. Desvignes has 2 hectares of eastern-exposed vines averaging 40 years old in the historic Morgon lieu-dit...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$50.62
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$86.51
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$98.95
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$88.95
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$47.20
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Oremus Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos 2000
500ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$144.73
Aromas of honey and black tea give way to peach, apricot and tropical fruit flavors in the mouth. This is a...
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Philippe Pacalet Chenas 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$65.69
An elegant Gamay, with seamless flavors of cherry tea, raspberry gelée and orange zest, flanked by licorice, floral...
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Philippe Pacalet Moulin A Vent 2017
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$61.13
Aromas of black cherries, lavender and blue slate follow through to a full body, firm and fine tannins and a...
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Philippe Pacalet Moulin A Vent 2020
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$52.81
90-92 This is also notably ripe while remaining agreeably fresh with its nose of pepper, earth and black cherry...
Grenache Furmint Gamay
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.