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Bottle: $198.95
Gorgeous perfumes of plums, berries, light chocolate and walnut follow through to a medium body, fine tannins and...
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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $60.18
Attractive aromas of dark and blue fruit, some violets, walnut and graphite. It’s medium-bodied with finely grained...
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Bottle: $124.80
A beautiful second wine with black olives, tapenade, black berries, plums and chocolate. Medium to full body. Lovely...
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So perfumed and subtle with roses, lavender, sage, and currants. Medium-bodied. So much Spanish cedar, cigar box,...
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The 2020 Angélus has an opaque purple-black color, pulling you in with a captivating perfume of kirsch, Black Forest...
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Bottle: $1859.95
The flowers in the nose are spectacular with violets, lavender, and honeysuckle. Then there’s wet stone and freshly...
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Really quite fragrant, lots of purple flowers and purple fruits, ripe blackcurrants, pencil shavings - deep and...
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Really quite fragrant, lots of purple flowers and purple fruits, ripe blackcurrants, pencil shavings - deep and...
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This has a fantastic finish with crushed blackberries and raspberries and salt undertones. It’s full-bodied, yet...
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Another brilliant Saint-Emilion in the vintage, the 2020 Château Berliquet is mostly Merlot yet includes close to a...
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Another brilliant Saint-Emilion in the vintage, the 2020 Château Berliquet is mostly Merlot yet includes close to a...
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Bottle: $261.93
The Grand Vin 2020 Château Beychevelle is a tiny selection representing just 55% of the total production of the...
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The Grand Vin 2020 Château Beychevelle is a tiny selection representing just 55% of the total production of the...
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An intensely perfumed nose with soft cocoa powder aromas. The texture is alluring, juicy and ripe but lifted, quite...
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An intensely perfumed nose with soft cocoa powder aromas. The texture is alluring, juicy and ripe but lifted, quite...
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Blackberries, plums, currants, tobacco and violets on the nose. Bitter chocolate and mocha, too. It’s refined and...
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The 2020 Château Calon Ségur is pure gold and another masterpiece from this estate. Harvested all in September and...
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The 2020 Château Calon Ségur is pure gold and another masterpiece from this estate. Harvested all in September and...
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Quite possibly the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted, the 2020 Château Canon-La-Gaffelière offers that rare...
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The 2020 Canon is a wine of mind-blowing purity and nuance. It has been nothing less than thrilling on the three...
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Malbec Red Bordeaux 2020 1.5Ltr Pre-Arrival

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

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.