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750ml - Case of 12
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$15.94
A terrific value in Syrah from the Northern Rhône, the 2014 La Champine offers notes of violets, raspberries and...
750ml - Case of 12
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$53.41
Bright and concentrated red fruit on the nose and palate. This wine is an opaque ruby color with a medium body and...
750ml
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$388.20
The 2014 L'Ermite comes from a charming, moderately concentrated vintage, but you wouldn’t know that by tasting...
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Araujo Syrah Eisele Vineyard 2014
750ml - Case of 3
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$207.66
Syrah was first planted on the estate in 1978. After making wine from the few remaining vines in 1991 and 1993, a...
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Cayuse Vineyards Syrah 'Cailloux' 2014
750ml - Case of 3
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$279.42
Incorporating a touch more Viognier than normal, the 2014 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard is 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier from...
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Chateau Grand Boise Syrah 'Liberte Cherie' 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$53.37
A very balanced wine, with powerful aromas but also a lot of finesse, revealing floral notes, red fruits, scents of...
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Delas Freres Cote Rotie La Landonne 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$224.95
Youthful purple. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes candied cherry, black raspberry and olive, along with...
750ml - Case of 6
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$132.36
Glass-staining ruby. Vibrant, mineral-accented dark fruit and floral pastille scents are complemented by hints of...
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Delas Freres Hermitage Les Bessards 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$129.21
Dark purple. A powerful, highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, candied licorice, olive paste,...
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Domaine Jean Louis Chave Saint Joseph 2014
750ml - Case of 12
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$89.96
Fresh in feel, with light bay leaf, pepper and dried violet notes leading a core of gently steeped plum and bitter...
750ml - Case of 6
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$103.95
Solidly ripe, with a ball of cassis and blackberry puree forming the core, laced with bright, mouthwatering sanguine,...
750ml - Case of 6
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$73.82
The 2014 Moulin a Vent Carquelin comes from 50-year-old vines and was picked on 14 September. The fruit was double...
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E. Guigal Cote Rotie La Landonne 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$227.82
Rated 98-100 - As always, the 2019 Côte Rôtie La Landonne is all Syrah that was not destemmed and will spend four...
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E. Guigal Cote Rotie La Landonne 2014
750ml - Case of 3
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$223.38
Rated 98-100 - As always, the 2019 Côte Rôtie La Landonne is all Syrah that was not destemmed and will spend four...
Gamay Nero D'avola Syrah 2014 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.
Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.