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The 2021 Appellation Lunlunta Malbec was produced with grapes from vines planted in 1930 at 920 meters in altitude....
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A mixture of black and blue fruit, very perfumed and elegant. Cherries, plums and blueberries with a peppery...
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The Catena Malbec Appellation Vista Flores shows a dark violet color with black reflections. The nose offers ripe,...
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The Catena Malbec Appellation Vista Flores shows a dark violet color with black reflections. The nose offers ripe,...
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This wine has a good balance, with strong fruity aromas highlighting notes of plum and spice. Medium bodied with...
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Simply delicious Melon de Bourgogne! Just the right amount of acidity and final dryness to keep it well balanced....
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Chateau de la Chesnaie is a family owned estate dedicated to the production of high quality Muscadet. This wine is...
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Baked cherries and plums with some spices. Medium-bodied on the palate with juicy but light fruit. The soft, dusty...
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Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 30-year-old Muscadet vines planted on a gentle slope of sandy/silty soils overlaid on a...
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Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 40-year-old Muscadet vines planted in shallow soils of disintegrated mica/schist....
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This wine is brilliantly elegant, generous, and fruity. It has a deep, subtle color with purple highlights, smooth...
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Clean tasting with crisp acidity and a bright, fresh minerality. This is an excellent Muscadet, light and refreshing....
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Intense violet colored wine, very complex aromas of red fruit jam, spices, vanilla an a delicate smokiness. On the...
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The 2020 Malbec Massal 1945, from Almahue, Cachapoal, is purple in hue. It shows a mild nose of fresh plum and gentle...
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Friulano Malbec Melon de Bourgogne Mencia 750ml

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.