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750ml
Bottle:
$153.00
12 bottles:
$144.78
Blackberry and licorice aromas, with full body, very fine tannins and a long finish. Very silky. So much for jammy...
750ml
Bottle:
$1579.23
$1754.70
The 2003 Lafite Rothschild comes as close to perfection as any of the great Lafites made over the past three decades...
750ml
Bottle:
$286.74
$318.60
This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and...
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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$1029.25
Amazing! The limestone soils of Ausone appear to have been the perfect foil for resisting the extreme heat and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$167.06
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$181.96
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Cantemerle Haut Medoc 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$60.71
This is a ripe, complete wine, full of black fruits, spicy wood and solid tannins. Over five-10 years, it will...
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Chateau Clinet Pomerol 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$121.87
Loads of blackberry, toasted oak and chocolate here. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and lots of fruit. This is a...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$232.00
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$315.42
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau D'armailhac Pauillac 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$108.28
Very fruity with strawberry and currants on the nose. Full bodied, with silky tannins and a long, fruity finish....
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Chateau D'issan Margaux 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$111.24
A beautiful red with blackberries, flowers and chocolate. Full body, velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Sous...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$207.68
Lots of aromas of roasted fruit, such as blueberries and raisins, and spices. It has full body with plenty of velvety...
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Chateau Duhart-Milon Pauillac 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$103.95
A spectacular wine, and one that could have been bought for a song when it was released, this blend of 73% Cabernet...
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Chateau Faugeres Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$45.07
As I reported last year, this is an atypically powerful, blockbuster Faugeres. The proprietor, Madame Guisez, has hit...
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Chateau Figeac Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$334.28
This has a roasted, grippy-edged feel, with plum skin and licorice root notes framing the core of blackberry, fig and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$39.18
Stephane Derenoncourt is the winemaking consultant behind this terrific, bargain-priced sleeper of the vintage. The...
Nebbiolo Red Bordeaux Vermouth 2003 750ml
The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
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.