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Ripe black fruits shine through this balanced wine, showing strongly against a backdrop of rich, generous tannins....
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This structured, dense wine is packed with as much tannins as fruit at this stage. Balance is coming and this ripe...
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Showing beautifully from barrel and now from bottle, the 2018 Château Cheval Blanc is a final blend of 54% Merlot,...
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This is an extremely successful Clerc Milon in a run of great vintages at the property. Lovely purity, clear big...
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This is an extremely successful Clerc Milon in a run of great vintages at the property. Lovely purity, clear big...
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Including slightly more Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, the 2018 Château Clinet is 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet...
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An incredible wine from this estate that's as good as anything in the vintage, the 2018 Château Cos D'Estournel...
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An incredible wine from this estate that's as good as anything in the vintage, the 2018 Château Cos D'Estournel...
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Notes of kirsch, blue fruits, violets, and sweet spice emerge from the medium to full-bodied 2018 Château Cote De...
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Complex aromas of blackcurrant, black olive, clove, oyster shell, pencil lead and tobacco. It’s full-bodied with...
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Aromas of blackberry, plum, cocoa, iodine, clove and graphite. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, silky tannins....
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This estate is regaining its rightful place in the prestigious crus classés. Richly textured, this latest release...
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From the partner estate to Château Giscours, this wine is as elegant as you would expect. While it is structured, it...
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One of the greatest wines that this domain has produced in Bruno Borie's era, the 2018 Ducru-Beaucaillou sneaks up on...
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Blackberry and blueberry aromas with black licorice and dark violets that follow to a medium to full body with ultra...
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Sweet berries and cherries on the nose with sweet tobacco, lead pencil and blackcurrants. It’s full-bodied and very...
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This still exudes the freshness and exuberance that the wine had during the primeur stage with its scents of...
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A rock star in the making, the 2018 Château Gazin is made from 93 %Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc. Rich, powerful, and...
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Black currant, dried-blueberry, oyster-shell, black-olive, black truffle, and bitter-chocolate aromas. It’s...
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A youthful, unevolved 2018 with lots of up-front blue and black fruits as well as cedary herbs, violets, and scorched...
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Red Blend Red Bordeaux 2018 1.5Ltr

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.