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Red
750ml
Bottle: $76.08
6 bottles: $74.56
This old-vine Grenache delivers aromas of strawberry and rose jam that is hard to resist. Red licorice, green herbs...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.08
12 bottles: $39.28
A honeycomb sweetness with a hint of oaky caramel leads in this stylish white. It’s broad and ripe, but the apple...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $144.95
6 bottles: $142.05
This is a pure merlot with violets, blueberries and hints of minerals and black truffles. Black olives, too....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.60
Shows a smoky underpinning that hints at espresso and char notes, with blackberry and anise flavors and sinewy...
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89
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $32.48 $34.19
6 bottles: $30.40
More delicate and floral than many garnachas from this area with a great balance on the palate between delicately...
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91
White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $203.00
3 bottles: $200.00
Montelena's 2016 Chardonnay is terrific. Fresh, nuanced and light on its feet, the 2016 is striking for its freshness...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $93.94
Montelena's 2016 Chardonnay is terrific. Fresh, nuanced and light on its feet, the 2016 is striking for its freshness...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.88
12 bottles: $48.88
The 2016 Taillefer is a straightforward, easygoing Pomerol endowed with quite a bit of near and medium-term appeal....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.74
12 bottles: $18.37
This wine comes from a producer based in Buxy on the Côte Chalonnaise. It has richness and touches of honey as well...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.96
6 bottles: $36.22
Aromatically this wine shows deeply concentrated flavors of lemongrass, citrus peel, and faint honey notes, with a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $74.89
One of the best Merlots I've tasted from Australia, Hickinbotham's 2016 The Revivalist Merlot does hint at cherry...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.88
12 bottles: $20.46
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750ml
Bottle: $14.29
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.68
12 bottles: $35.95
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.94
White
750ml
Bottle: $72.79
6 bottles: $72.00
The barrique-aged Cantina Tramin 2016 Alto Adige Chardonnay Riserva Troy is a real beauty. This wine will appeal to...
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White
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $4775.71
The strikingly complex, cool and reserved nose of mostly citrus, stone, floral and white orchard fruit aromas still...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $211.95
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $90.95
Case only
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $200.95

Chardonnay Grenache Merlot 2011

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.

The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.

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.