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Red
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Bottle: $89.11
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Bright and vivid with a linear palate of black cherries, plums and orange peel. It’s tight and focused with a...
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Red
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Bottle: $239.94
So aromatic and fresh with dried flowers, sweet tobacco and hints of straw. Red fruit, cloves and green peppercorns....
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Red
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Bottle: $377.40
The 2018 The Ultimate Debate is released only in magnums and is a mix of the single vineyards. The final blend is 62%...
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Red
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Bottle: $115.79
6 bottles: $113.47
A rich, round red with plum, berry, chocolate and walnut character. Lots of cherry flavors. It’s full-bodied with...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $349.95 $362.58
A solid and structured red with blackcurrant, herb, tobacco and mussel-shell character. Some moss, too. Full-bodied...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $1346.74
Extremely deep red with aromas and flavors that change all the time with blackberry, black raspberry, black licorice,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $216.95
Combining Malbec with Cabernet Sauvignon, this is always among the most ageworthy reds in Argentina. Cassis and plum...
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Red
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Bottle: $99.62
The 2018 Moulin-à-Vent Le Moulin reveals brooding aromas of dark cherries, raspberries and plums, followed by a...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $171.84
The flagship 2018 Clos Mogador is a blend of 45% Garnacha, 29% Cariñena, 16% Syrah and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon that...
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Bottle: $247.95
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Red
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Bottle: $523.45 $532.99
#8 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. Blackberry and black chocolate with mint, conifer and clove. Sweet tobacco,...
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Red
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Bottle: $494.95
#8 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. Blackberry and black chocolate with mint, conifer and clove. Sweet tobacco,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $60.95
Indigenous yeast fermentations in concrete vats at low temperatures, to preserve fresh fruit flavors and a delicate...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $121.08
An unusually ripe red for the Loire, with stacks of wild-blackberry fruit, plus violet and savory notes. Starts...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $116.74
A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $437.12
The 2018 The Bard is beautiful and certainly in the same realm as the 2015 and 2016, both magical wines. This cuvée...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $298.95
This is a very thoughtful Seña that shows unique aromas of warm earth, mushrooms and conifer, turning to dark...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $181.95
This is a plush, rich Cheval with blueberry and floral aromas and flavors. HInts of tar and fresh lavender. Full...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $640.99
A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 9% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec, the 2009 La Joie...
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Gamay Red Blend 2009 2011 2018 1.5Ltr

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.