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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.00
12 bottles: $14.70
Colour: Deep ruby red with garnet hues, clear. Bouquet: Intense and persistent with aromas of red fruits. Flavour:...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.26
Color: Ruby red very intense with purple reflexes. Bouquet: Strong and distinctive with sensations of spice and ripe...
White
750ml
Bottle: $169.50
12 bottles: $159.60
Sliced-apple and lime with some aniseed and licorice. Iodine, too. Full-bodied with linear acidity and a fine tannin...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.50
12 bottles: $24.99
Fresh nose of gooseberry, bell pepper, sliced apple and white grapefruit. Some white pepper, too. It’s...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $49.88
6 bottles: $48.88
The 2019 Château Latour-Martillac Blanc is terrific, offering a rich, concentrated, yet bright and racy style that's...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.95 $66.20
12 bottles: $63.65
#32 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. Aromas of grilled pineapple, clove, lemon peel, lime pith and green mango. White...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.70
12 bottles: $11.47
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White
750ml
Bottle: $154.80 $156.00
12 bottles: $148.20
Aromas of green apple, lime, kumquat, fresh thyme, flint, stone and oyster shell. It’s medium-bodied with tangy...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $149.92 $163.20
96-98 Barrel Sample. In a line of great white wines from this estate, here is a superb vintage. It has all the...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $23.95
There are two dry whites from this terrific estate. Starting with the 2019 Le Blanc Sec De Suduiraut, it reveals a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $44.94
12 bottles: $44.04
Rich and full of character, this has white peach, fleshy nectarine and soft citrus. An enticing, mouth-watering white...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $44.95
This has a subtle yet serious nose of dried apples, crushed stones, fennel, lemon pith, white lavender and white...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $37.76
12 bottles: $37.00
The 2019 Clos Marsalette Blanc shows a riper, more tropical style while still saying fresh, lively, and crisp....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $119.94 $121.10
12 bottles: $113.91
I loved the 2019 Domaine De Chevalier Blanc, which has the crisp, racy, yet concentrated style of the estate that few...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $55.08
“Alizari” or “madder root” is a plant root from which a red pigment or dye is produced. “Alizari” is a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.00 $16.66
Grapes are destemmed and vinified in concrete tanks with the use of indigenous yeast. Short alcoholic fermentation...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.51
12 bottles: $15.20
COLOR: Intense ruby red color. NOSE: Bright nose of ripe raspberry, blackberry, pomegranate, distinct sweet earth and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $12.87
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White
750ml
Bottle: $168.95 $169.50
3 bottles: $168.00
Precision and breadth come together in this mouthwatering Sauvignon Blanc with 20% Semillon. The wine opens with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.83 $42.00
94-95 A bright, salty white with dried-apple, lemon and hot-stone character. It’s full-bodied, yet vivid and tight...
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Mencia Primitivo White Bordeaux 2019 750ml

As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.


Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.

France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.