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$16.50
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$16.17
Medium-high robe, cherry red with bluish rim. Fruit is the dominating aroma, with notes of blackberries mainly, but...
750ml
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$10.80
$12.00
Attractive aromas of red and dark berries, crushed walnuts, dried flowers and stone. Medium-bodied, juicy and bright...
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$23.85
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$23.37
Hints of stewed herbs to the nicely baked cherries, strawberries and some hibiscus and dark spices. Fruity,...
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$25.95
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$25.43
From Marco: Rotburger, Sankt Laurent, Blauburger, Merlot and a few white vines, probably planted unintentionally, who...
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$19.28
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$17.58
Daring, Self-Reliant, Polished. She is determined to experience all she can. With tons of character and confident...
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$48.00
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Brooding and deeply structured, this retains a sense of focus and vibrancy, with flavors of wild berries, clove,...
750ml
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Juicy and fresh, with earthy notes of forest floor, matcha, wild strawberry and tangy cherry, plus hints of jasmine...
750ml
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$17.50
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Notes of spiced cherries and red plums with hints of cocoa, walnuts and dried herbs. Fresh and juicy with a medium...
750ml - Case of 12
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$11.70
On the nose, exotic aromas of blackberry, violet, juicy plum, ripe figs, and sour cherries. In terms of the palate, a...
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$22.40
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$21.28
• Primarily Garnacha with smaller complements of Bobal and Royal, from very old organically-farmed vineyards.
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$20.89
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Chupacabra is our Shape Shifter Kitchen sink site Blend from the Buhl Memorial Vineyard, Willcox, in the Kansas...
750ml
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$20.94
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$20.52
• 50% Sumoll, 50% Garnatxa.
• Destemmed and fermented spontaneously in tank with 15 days of maceration.
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There is a new red blend (well, it's very pale, almost a rosé) produced with different Criolla grapes (Cereza,...
750ml
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$15.95
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$15.63
Mencia, Garnacha Tintorera and Palomino from about 50 year old vines in mostly clay soils. Grapes are destemmed and...
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$36.95
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$36.21
Poula means "abandoned" and has become a tribute to the "drinking" wine the locals have always produced. A wine with...
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$21.00
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$18.81
50% Barbera/50% Dolcetto (a strain of it called Nibio). The fruit is destemmed, crushed and spontaneously...
750ml
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$13.43
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Cave de Roquebrun Chemin des Olivettes is a very nice deep red color. Complex nose with mineral notes, bright red...
Grenache Melon de Bourgogne Red Blend 2022 750ml
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.