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$144.95
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$142.05
This is a pure merlot with violets, blueberries and hints of minerals and black truffles. Black olives, too....
750ml
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$46.87
$52.08
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$41.79
Rich and velvety like devil’s food cake, this deep, delicious and full-bodied wine tastes like chocolate, cloves...
750ml
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$15.99
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$15.67
Savory undertones of grilled thyme, fresh earth and smoky mineral flank the steeped cherry and raspberry fruit...
750ml
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$49.88
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$48.88
The 2016 Taillefer is a straightforward, easygoing Pomerol endowed with quite a bit of near and medium-term appeal....
750ml - Case of 6
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$64.95
Olmaia (made with certified organic fruit) has emerged as its own brand. The wine underlines the potential of...
750ml
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$35.40
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$34.69
Offering up aromas of dark chocolate, roasting game bird and small wild berries, the 2016 Côte de Brouilly is medium...
750ml
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$38.90
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$38.12
The 2016 Fleurie Clos Vernay wafts from the glass with a nuanced bouquet of raspberries, wild plums, dark chocolate...
750ml
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$28.80
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$28.22
The 2016 Fleurie Joie de Palais was lucky to escape the hail that stopped 50 meters from Lafarge’s parcel. It has a...
750ml
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$16.94
$17.91
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$15.83
Dark berries, tobacco and gravel on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Dark spices on...
750ml
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$49.49
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$48.50
This delivers a blast of cherry and red currant compote flavors out front, backed by lightly toasted vanilla and red...
750ml
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$178.95
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$175.37
Heitz purchased 40 acres of woodlands on Howell Mountain in 2002 and subsequently planted seven of those acres. The...
750ml - Case of 6
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$74.89
One of the best Merlots I've tasted from Australia, Hickinbotham's 2016 The Revivalist Merlot does hint at cherry...
750ml - Case of 3
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$60.80
It is the utmost expression of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety, aged and evolved to perfection. This intense and...
750ml
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$53.94
$55.60
6 bottles:
$52.00
Fresh blackcurrants, dark plums, mulberries and cassis. Medium-bodied with crunchy fruit and acidity, grainy tannins...
750ml
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$149.90
$151.19
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$147.59
A very intense, perfectly ripe and seamless cabernet that delivers a wealth of dark berries, blue fruits ad...
750ml
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$149.90
$151.19
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$147.59
Hints of graphite and black truffle with a dark-berry thread on the nose, leading to a full-bodied and flavorful...
750ml
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$139.95
$151.19
Super fresh boysenberry and mulberry aromas lead to a palate that has a very fleshy, long and dense core of fine...
750ml
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$33.84
$36.40
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$33.82
Ripe red berries are laced with hints of schist from the soil, expanding through a soft finish of well-integrated...
Cabernet Sauvignon Gamay Merlot
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.
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.