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750ml
Bottle: $43.80
12 bottles: $41.82
Showing beautifully, the 2018 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion sports a dense purple hue as well as a ripe, concentrated,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.45 $44.00
12 bottles: $38.85
Luscious ripe fruits are underlined by tannins to give a wine that is both structured and concentrated. Rich tannins,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.06 $42.00
The 2020 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion is a gorgeous, incredibly satisfying Pessac, and it's certainly up with the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.89 $48.00
Solid tannins mark this still very young wine. At the same time, the fruit is rich and well proportioned. Black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $43.20 $48.00
This is very perfumed with blackberry and blueberry aromas, but shows a hot-stone and blanched-almond undertone....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.74 $45.60
Owned by the Kressmann family, this estate has released an ageworthy wine. Rich tannins are balanced by dark, juicy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.83 $42.40
#43 in Top 100, 2022. I loved the 2019 Château Latour-Martillac, and I under-rated it from barrel. Revealing a dense...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.10 $39.00
Another beautiful Pessac from 2020, the 2020 Château Latour-Martillac has a textbook bouquet of smoky red and black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
Ripe and structured, but succulent as well, with very juicy but youthfully compact blackberry and black currant...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $131.95 $142.90
This has a fresh feel, with a juniper streak adding energy to the plum coulis, red currant and bramble notes. Flecks...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $168.95 $174.00
12 bottles: $165.57
Very polished and poised with an immensely powerful core of tannin that drives incredible length on the palate....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $195.95 $214.90
Readers looking for the next superstar in Bordeaux need to jump on the bandwagon of Les Carmes Haut-Brion, who have...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $142.35
Brilliant wine that continues to impress three years on from the En Primeur tasting, with a creamy but restrained...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $159.84 $177.60
The 2018 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a rock star of a wine and is based on a unique blend of 37% Cabernet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $199.94 $224.94
12 bottles: $194.94
The 2020 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a total stunner. For the first time I can remember, Les Carmes Haut-Brion marries...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94 $33.50
12 bottles: $31.30
A creamy, nicely textured red with blueberry, chocolate, walnut and coffee character. It’s medium-to full-bodied,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.95
12 bottles: $33.27
Lively, with a brambly streak amid red currant and loganberry fruit flavors, while light sanguine and singed cedar...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.94 $30.40
Juicy and open in feel, with a ball of red currant and damson plum wrapped in red licorice and sweet tobacco. Merlot,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $55.74 $59.94
I love the deep and complex nose, in which the cassis and mint of cabernet sauvignon are beautifully married to the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $56.83 $60.80
Despite its weight, this is a well-crafted wine. It combines richness with sophisticated tannins, dense black fruits...
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Red Bordeaux France Bordeaux Graves

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.

Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.

There are few wine regions in the world with a reputation as glowing and well established as that of the Bordeaux, in France. Situated mainly around the Dordogne and Gironde rivers, Bordeaux makes the most of its humid climate and rich, clay and gravel based soils to grow some of the finest examples of red and white grape varietals on earth. Wineries in this region have been in operation for hundreds of years, and have carefully developed the expertise required for the production of carefully balanced and utterly delicious blended red and white wines, alongside some exceptional single variety bottles. Many of the chateaux found in Bordeaux have become household names, due to their prestige and the excellence of their products, grown with love and dedication by heritage wineries in this beautiful and special region.