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Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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Sleek, with damson plum, cherry preserve and red licorice notes, backed by subtle sanguine and mineral hints through...
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A year-in, year-out best value, the 2019 Château La Vieille Cure is another winner from this château that does...
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Fruity nose of ripe blackberries, currants, chocolate orange and oyster shell. It’s medium-bodied with fine-grained...
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This 430-acre estate has produced an elegant, fruity wine. The wine comes from vines on the edge of the Pauillac...
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#6 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. The aromas to this are really amazing, with a potpourri of spices and dried flowers,...
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Bottle: $143.00
Quite seductive heady fruit, nuanced and slightly perfumed. Lovely pink colour. Good juicy impact with soft, chalky...
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Intense aromas of blackcurrants, cedar and ripe tobacco with hints of violets, following through to a full-bodied...
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This has aromas of raspberries, blackberries, currants, rosehips and hazelnuts. It’s medium-bodied with fine, silky...
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Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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The second wine of the estate, the 2019 Carruades De Lafite offers a beautiful, Lafite-like bouquet of crème de...
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The second wine of the estate, the 2019 Carruades De Lafite offers a beautiful, Lafite-like bouquet of crème de...
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Ripe, fruity character here, with aromas of cassis, blackberries, licorice, dark chocolate and walnuts. Medium-bodied...
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#73 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. Like a bouquet of fresh flowers on the nose, as well as blackberries, raspberries...
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Rich plum colour. This takes its time to open, is pretty subtle at first, but then explodes in juicy fruit. Clear...
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Gorgeously aromatic and concentrated nose, rich with wild flowers and bramble fruits. Lovely cool blue fruits on the...
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The 2019 Berliquet is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of cherries, wild berries, sweet...
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Montepulciano Red Bordeaux 2019 1.5Ltr

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.

There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.