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The successful 2002 exhibits a beautiful, dense ruby/purple color, a lovely concoction of raspberries, cassis,...
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Fabulous aromas of crushed berries, with cassis and blueberries and hints of spice. Full-bodied and very rich, with a...
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Not a wine that will please everyone. This has the austerity and backward thinking of 2006 mixed with the sleek fruit...
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Not a wine that will please everyone. This has the austerity and backward thinking of 2006 mixed with the sleek fruit...
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This elegant, deep ruby/purple-tinged 2006 offers copious quantities of sweet mocha, black cherry, and black currant...
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Blackberry and chocolate with hints of toasted oak. Medium-bodied, with good tannins and a medium, fruity finish. Not...
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Subdued on opening, but with 30 minutes in a carafe it spills out rich pencil lead and liquorice notes, with...
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Barrel Sample Dark chocolate and mocha flavors, very dark and intense, this is a big, concentrated wine, flavored...
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Extremely backward, firm, and virile, this macho wine exhibits full-bodied power, a dense blackberry, smoky nose,...
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This has to be a star buy for this winter, it is absolutely stunning value! Despite its age it still has plenty of...
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A refined and pretty wine now with spice, berry and chocolate character on the nose and palate. Medium to full body,...
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Cos d'Estournel has softened those austere Saint-Estèphe tannins and produced a wine that is all opulence and...
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This is shows lovely ripeness and roundness with pretty fruit and a rather creamy texture. Lead pencil and...
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Chenin Blanc Red Bordeaux 2002 2006 750ml

Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.

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.