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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: $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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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $87.11 $96.79
Based on Touriga Franca with Touriga Nacional and Sousão. Tight-knit, with firm, rapier-like tannins on the palate...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $47.95 $52.04
12 bottles: $47.50
Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $120.31 $133.68
Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows...
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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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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $80.94
This is a luscious wine, with tannins that are cushioned by the ripe plum and prune fruits. That doesn't mean it is...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $55.84 $56.40
6 bottles: $55.20
A beautifully balanced, rich wine, this has great tannins, a dense, firm texture and luscious blackberry fruits. It...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.94
Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $49.95
12 bottles: $48.95
The 2016 Vintage Port is a field blend from old vines coming in at just 79 grams of residual sugar, meaning that it...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
The 2016 Unfiltered Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend from typical grapes like Touriga Nacional, Touriga...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $86.45
This is a pure merlot with violets, blueberries and hints of minerals and black truffles. Black olives, too....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $220.80
The 2016 L'Apparita, 100% Merlot, is a breathtaking, riveting wine that captures all the potential of the vintage. In...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $80.76
The 2016 Laroque is blended of 95% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc and 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon from vines more than 50...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $42.00
The 2016 Laroque is blended of 95% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc and 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon from vines more than 50...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $69.89
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $58.70
This shows fantastic graphite and dark-berry character with black-stone undertones and hints of dried roses....
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $54.62
Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $63.37
Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $77.63
Based on Touriga Franca with Touriga Nacional and Sousão. Tight-knit, with firm, rapier-like tannins on the palate...
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Merlot Port Blend Ruche

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.

Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.


Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.