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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
Bottle: $104.95
12 bottles: $102.85
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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: $40.76
12 bottles: $39.94
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $153.63 $170.70
Here is a huge ripe and luxurious wine, with great power. The texture is solid, filled with firm tannins, the flavors...
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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: $189.94 $203.20
The 2000 Brane-Cantenac is a blend of 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, 55% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. It has a really...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $228.78 $254.20
Tasted from an ex-château bottle at BI Wine & Spirits Calon-Segur dinner in London. The 2000 Calon Segur is one of...
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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: $219.38
6 bottles: $214.99
Performing as I expected, but still several years away from full maturity, this extraordinarily flamboyant,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $254.95
A beautiful moment to be drinking this wine as it edges towards tertiary flavours. Beginning to soften around the...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $134.85
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: $89.70
12 bottles: $84.08
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $1293.48 $1437.20
Coming out of a relatively dormant state, this 2000 is a spectacular Cheval Blanc. Of recent vintages, I think only...
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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
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $138.95
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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 - Case of 12
Bottle: $156.75
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $155.00
Not big, but it's got length. Attractive aromas of crushed berries and vanilla follow through to a medium-bodied...
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Nebbiolo Red Bordeaux 2000 2011

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.

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.