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Louis Claude Desvignes Morgon Javernieres 2019
750ml - Case of 12
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$44.85
100% Gamay. Desvignes has 2 hectares of eastern-exposed vines averaging 40 years old in the historic Morgon lieu-dit...
750ml - Case of 6
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$50.12
750ml - Case of 6
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$86.79
750ml - Case of 6
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$47.33
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Philippe Pacalet Chenas 2016
750ml - Case of 12
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$65.41
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
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$60.26
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
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$52.66
90-92 This is also notably ripe while remaining agreeably fresh with its nose of pepper, earth and black cherry...
750ml - Case of 6
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$49.65
Lovely smooth and rich cherry and blackcurrant fruit here - even some blueberry touches. It's well balanced - dense,...
750ml - Case of 12
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$40.25
Lovely smooth and rich cherry and blackcurrant fruit here - even some blueberry touches. It's well balanced - dense,...
750ml - Case of 6
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$62.62
Delicious crunchy fruit on the palate with softly grippy tannins. There's a dense concentration of vibrant and juicy...
Gamay Nero D'avola 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.
Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.
Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.