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Peter Michael Red Blend Les Pavots 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$196.58
Love the sweet berries, black olives, tile and fresh herbs on the nose with floral undertones. Oyster shell, too....
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2007
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$71.60
The 2007 Lytton Springs Proprietary Red (71% Zinfandel, 22% Petite Sirah, and 7% Carignan; 14.4% alcohol) exhibits a...
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2008
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$101.51
Striking, intense black cherry and blackberry fruit with some spice and earth jump from the glass of the 2008 Lytton...
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2012
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$107.38
The 2012 Lytton Springs is quite reserved, compact and inward at this stage. There is good density and depth in the...
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2018
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$55.49
The 2018 Lytton Springs is magnificent. Elegant, layered and so complete, the 2018 has a lot to offer, but it needs...
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2020
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$53.66
This seamless, polished but also firm and well-structured wine achieves power with grace. Wonderful black fig, black...
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2021
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$62.16
The 2021 Lytton Springs is fabulous. Bright and vibrant to its core, the 2021 impresses with its poise. Readers will...
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Verite La Joie 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$307.42
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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Verite La Joie 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$247.80
A stunning wine at 12 years on from a cool and raining vintage, winemakers recall it was hailing on the crush pad....
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Verite La Joie 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$263.62
The 2012 La Joie, which is a blend of 76% Cabernet, 12% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot, blew me away....
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Verite La Joie 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$271.62
The 2013 La Joie, which is 46% from Knights Valley, 32% from Chalk Hill and 22% from Alexander Valley, is a blend of...
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Verite La Joie 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$261.62
The 2014 La Joie exudes freshness, energy and intensity. Black cherry, plum, licorice, lavender espresso and...
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Verite La Joie 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$344.95
#43 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. Blackberries, black mushrooms, violets, flowers, and dark tobacco. Black...
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Verite La Muse 1998
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$788.43
Another remarkable wine from the complicated inaugural vintage of Vérité. A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet...
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Verite La Muse 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$424.95
A perfect wine, this blend of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Malbec emerges from Chalk Hill (48%), Knight’s...
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Verite La Muse 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$349.95
A blend of 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec (52% Chalk Hill, 45% Alexander Mountain Estate and 3% Bennett...
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Verite La Muse 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$240.54
There were a little over 2,000 cases of the 2011 La Muse produced, and this Merlot-dominated beauty checks in as 89%...
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Verite La Muse 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$294.20
The 2012 La Muse, which is 85% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 4% Malbec, is a smaller cuvée of 1,840 cases. The wine...
Red Blend United States California Sonoma Valley 500ml 750ml Pre-Arrival
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
California's beautiful and remarkably fertile Sonoma Valley has grown over the decades to become one of the United States' most respected and profitable wine regions, with wineries within the region benefiting from the superb Californian sunshine, low rainfall and wonderfully rich soils. Because of this vital combination of excellent conditions, the region is able to grow a wide range of grape varietals for use in the production of an impressive array of wines, with many different red and white wine grapes flourishing each year and producing excellent and characterful results. The soils have been enriched by volcanic activity, and the presence of geothermal springs, which make this region a unique one, and very much the beating heart of California's ever growing wine industry.