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Rich and velvety like devil’s food cake, this deep, delicious and full-bodied wine tastes like chocolate, cloves...
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Savory undertones of grilled thyme, fresh earth and smoky mineral flank the steeped cherry and raspberry fruit...
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Olmaia (made with certified organic fruit) has emerged as its own brand. The wine underlines the potential of...
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Offering up aromas of dark chocolate, roasting game bird and small wild berries, the 2016 Côte de Brouilly is medium...
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The 2016 Fleurie Clos Vernay wafts from the glass with a nuanced bouquet of raspberries, wild plums, dark chocolate...
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The 2016 Fleurie Joie de Palais was lucky to escape the hail that stopped 50 meters from Lafarge’s parcel. It has a...
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Dark berries, tobacco and gravel on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Dark spices on...
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This delivers a blast of cherry and red currant compote flavors out front, backed by lightly toasted vanilla and red...
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Heitz purchased 40 acres of woodlands on Howell Mountain in 2002 and subsequently planted seven of those acres. The...
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It is the utmost expression of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety, aged and evolved to perfection. This intense and...
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Fresh blackcurrants, dark plums, mulberries and cassis. Medium-bodied with crunchy fruit and acidity, grainy tannins...
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A very intense, perfectly ripe and seamless cabernet that delivers a wealth of dark berries, blue fruits ad...
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Hints of graphite and black truffle with a dark-berry thread on the nose, leading to a full-bodied and flavorful...
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Super fresh boysenberry and mulberry aromas lead to a palate that has a very fleshy, long and dense core of fine...
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Ripe red berries are laced with hints of schist from the soil, expanding through a soft finish of well-integrated...
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Appearance: Deep Red
Aroma: Cherry, vanilla, sweet smoke, forest floor, dried leaf, tobacco, mint, spice, cherry...
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Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Nathan Coombs Estate is profoundly scented of Black Forest...
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#66 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. This is the debut vintage of this wine from the esteemed Bordeaux owner, Alfred...
Cabernet Sauvignon Gamay Lambrusco
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.
Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.
Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.