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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $66.68
6 bottles: $66.00
Disgorged in June of 2021, the 2011 Brut Extended Tirage has pretty scents of red berries, crushed herbs, lemon pith...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $92.80
6 bottles: $92.00
Pronounced chalky and floral nose. Palate is tight and linear with some verbena and mandarin. Impressive salinity on...
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Sparkling
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $89.94
6 bottles: $88.14
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $426.60 $474.00
The 2008 Angélus offers a still youthful, vibrant color as well as a classic Angélus bouquet of spice box, black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $410.40 $456.00
6 bottles: $355.00
Fine tannins, this is elegant and finessed, with cool blueberry and raspberry fruits, touches of orange peel, rose...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $49.35
90-92 Barrel sample. Aromas of new wood mark this wine. On the palate, the tannins are gentle, with flavors of ripe...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.20
12 bottles: $33.52
Love the nose of crushed berries and slice plums. Full and chewy, with velvety tannins and a long finish. Needs time...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.76
12 bottles: $39.94
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $72.75
12 bottles: $71.30
With dense fruit and a powerful, complex structure, this is one of the best wines from this chateau. Blackberries,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $167.10
12 bottles: $163.76
This is from a precocious vintage, with a harvest beginning on September 3, the very day the estate’s longtime...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $131.25
12 bottles: $128.63
Beautifully concentrated, rich and textured, with just a hint of maturity, the 2008 Château Canon offers classic...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $96.95
Barrel sample. A firm and tannic wine, it has the weight to support its tannins. It's balanced, solid and dense, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $77.40
12 bottles: $72.96
This château is progressing well in raising its quality as this big, chunky wine shows. The fruit has a solid...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $624.95 $679.50
A vintage that’s being drunk with abandon in France these days, the 2011 Chateau Cheval Blanc showed beautifully,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $214.95
The wine is dark, deep, rich and dense. It has just the right wood element, black berry juice and a pure line of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $107.45
The wine is dark, deep, rich and dense. It has just the right wood element, black berry juice and a pure line of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $118.59
12 bottles: $116.22
Continuing its impressive development, Clerc Milon 2011 is a serious wine. It is elegant, stylish, its fruits well...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $184.95 $205.50
The first vintage made at the new winery, the 2008 Cos d’Estournel is drinking beautifully today, with terrific...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $56.70
Barrel sample. Big, ripe and jammy, this is a ripe, soft wine, showing warm black plum and fig flavors. It gives...
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Champagne Blend Red Bordeaux Riesling 2008 2011

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.

Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.