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Tasted from barrel, the 2017 Fleurie exhibits notes of warm spices, ripe cherries and dried flowers. On the palate,...
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Red
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Bottle: $33.94 $34.80
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The 2017 Fleurie Clos Vernay was unaffected by hail according to Frédéric Lafarge. It has a deep, blueberry and...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $208.98
Features a lovely mix of honeysuckle, verbena, white peach, lemon peel and shortbread notes mixed together, with the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $247.14
This is an exotic dry white with dried mango and pineapple and some slate throughout. Full-bodied with dense, rich...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $247.14
This is an exotic dry white with dried mango and pineapple and some slate throughout. Full-bodied with dense, rich...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $1039.10
Rated 100 - A blend of 56.2% Sauvignon Blanc and 43.8% Semillon, the 2017 Haut-Brion Blanc prances out with showy...
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White
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $667.95
Rich and racy at the same time, with a broad range of Key lime, white peach, yellow apple, verbena and meringue notes...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $800.58
Rich and racy at the same time, with a broad range of Key lime, white peach, yellow apple, verbena and meringue notes...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $777.04
Rich and racy at the same time, with a broad range of Key lime, white peach, yellow apple, verbena and meringue notes...
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750ml - Case of 6
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A dense and salty white with loads of apple, lemon and lime character. Medium to full body. Vivid finish.
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750ml - Case of 6
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Lots of spiced pears and lemon rind with lemon-grass and stone undertones. Gun flint. Full body and dense, creamy...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
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Attractive, fresh-lemon and grassy nuances with wild herbs and slightly flinty elements, too. The palate has such...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $343.26
There is flesh here but it is so precise and well held together that it takes a minute to realise how much weight is...
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White
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $335.37
There is flesh here but it is so precise and well held together that it takes a minute to realise how much weight is...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $126.95
The 2017 Chateau Pape Clement Blanc showed spectacularly well and is one of the wines (if not the wine) of the...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $121.72
One of the whites of the vintage is the 2017 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc, which is based on 90% Sauvignon Blanc...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
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This is really powerful and structured with superb muscle and phenolic tension. Yet, it’s formed and polished,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $74.95
This wine was produced from a single vineyard that's a monopole, guided since 2008 by Édouard Labruyère. Blackberry...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $47.71
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Gamay White Bordeaux 2017 750ml

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.

France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.