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Red
750ml
Bottle: $239.94 $265.50
This the greatest Pavillon Rouge ever made. Aromas of flowers, smoke, currants and raspberries follow through to a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $78.95
12 bottles: $77.37
A wine with a pretty balance of spices, blackberry, mint, and ripe fruit follow through to a full body, fine tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $321.48 $357.20
The 2010 Montrose is insanely beautiful. A vivid, eternal wine, the 2010 dazzles right out of the gate with its...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $1016.28 $1129.20
Smoked grilled tar on the nose, it feels both very 2010 and supremely Mouton - accomplished and confident. A more...
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750ml
Bottle: $463.68 $515.20
One of the great years of Bordeaux now at 10 years old and showing why this is such an unusual vintage in terms of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $269.73 $299.70
Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Pape Clement comes wafting sensuously from the glass with fragrant notions of dried...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
A merlot-dominated Bordeaux from a microclimate very similar to that of St. Emilion, this remarkable value is ripe...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $267.03 $296.70
This is fascinating with a nutty, dried herb, spices, berry and hints of toasted character. Full body, with chewy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $160.38 $178.20
A towering, statuesque wine, the 2010 Pavie-Macquin is distinguished by its vertical explosiveness and soaring...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $460.35 $511.50
The 2010 Château Pavie is straight-up magical, and while it matches the 2000, 2005, 2009, and 2015, it has a style...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $84.94 $90.51
Even at 10 years old this is fairly closed and austere, but there is so much to look forward to. It's a serious wine...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $238.95 $265.50
Brilliant – double decant and wait an hour so the wine can better express its sensual aromas of faded rose, cassis,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $321.30 $357.00
The aromas to this are incredible with blueberry, minerals, dried flowers, and stones. It goes to dried meat and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.90 $53.20
12 bottles: $49.40
The 2010 Potensac has a high-toned, airy bouquet with balsamic and Hoisin infusing the black fruit. The palate is...
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750ml - Case of 12
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Black truffle and dark berries. Full body, round and fresh tannins and fresh acidity give this lift and intensity....
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $85.87
Very floral with blueberry undertones that turn to raspberry sauce. Full body, with lovely depth of fruit and super...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $152.28 $169.20
A wine that could easily be mistaken for a First Growth, the 2010 Rauzan-Ségla is an incredibly powerful,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $190.35 $211.50
Deep garnet colored, the 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte delivers notes of baked plums, boysenberries and dried mulberries...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $130.68 $145.20
Always a more understated style, and this is benchmark stuff from Talbot. If you had to close your eyes and say what...
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Dolcetto Red Bordeaux 2010 2022 750ml

In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.

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.