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Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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The wine is a deep red ruby, with purple highlights and a light mousse and rim of the same color. It has an intense...
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$205.00
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$200.90
Fantastic aromas of crushed plums and blackberries. Perfumed! Full-bodied and very silky with stone undertones. Best...
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$316.20
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$312.00
93-95 Barrel sample. This is a smooth, rich wine that's intensely concentrated and packed with great black-currant...
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$364.95
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$357.65
Made in a more flamboyant, lifted style than the 2016, the 2015 Château Beychevelle offers a beautiful, medium to...
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This is now performing as one of the top Margaux estates. Their latest release shows structure, elegant black fruits...
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$440.20
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$436.00
Tight and dense still but so integrated and seamless in texture. Aromas of chocolate, hazelnuts, dried spices and...
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Rated 98 - The 2016 Canon la Gaffeliere has a deep garnet color. It bursts on the scene with exuberant notes of juicy...
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$134.94
Wow. This really shows wonderful depth and complexity on the nose with blueberries, fresh flowers and hints of...
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$94.95
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$93.05
A well-constructed wine that is ripe with black fruits and integrated tannins, this is in a good place for aging....
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$174.94
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$171.44
Racy aromatic nobility, with cassis, white flower, graphite and blackberry. A second growth for a rather friendly...
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$140.20
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$137.20
The 2020 Cantenac Brown is a knock-out. A Margaux of towering intensity, the 2020 is dense and vertical at the same...
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$98.20
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$96.24
The 2016 Chasse-Spleen has a very elegant bouquet with neatly integrated oak, the terroir really showing through...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$213.28
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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$249.95
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$244.95
A tight and subtle wine with very pretty ripe-fruit character and chocolate. Medium to full body. Needs time to open....
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$284.95
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$279.25
This is almost the perfect time to drink this wine, although it still needs decanting to bring out the plush strokes...
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$204.95
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$200.85
This wine is definitely softening and taking on shape in the bottle. The juiciness is starting to appear and you can...
Fruilano Lambrusco Red Bordeaux 1.5Ltr
Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.
Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.
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.