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Red
750ml
Bottle: $118.95 $130.00
12 bottles: $99.00
Lascombes in 2010 has exuberance and precision and confidence, and a sense of fun. At the 10 year mark the power of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $1599.48 $1777.20
I get the same peony and violet aromatics here as I did in Forts de Latour. This is powerful, muscular, not even...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $184.68 $205.20
This is a magnificently solid wine, initially even a bit severe. At this young stage, the tannins dominate, but it's...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $343.08 $381.20
Layered, textured, deep, cigar box, cassis and earth, managing to simultaneously stretch out, and burrow down. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $247.32 $274.80
#38 TOP 100 CELLAR SELECTIONS 2015. This combines considerable power and concentration with rich, impressive fruits....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $199.98 $222.20
The wine out distances both Leoville Las Cases and Leoville Barton, but all three of them are compelling efforts....
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $125.85
On the nose and palate this red suggests red and black plums with cedar notes and hints of cloves. Full body, firm...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $86.50
12 bottles: $84.77
Wonderful aromas of currants and blackberries with hints of spices. Full body, with fabulous tannins and a long and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $144.95 $156.00
12 bottles: $135.00
Barrel sample. The wine is very dry, layered tannins giving a major sense of structure. It will always have this dry,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.94 $71.10
12 bottles: $68.54
One of the chateaus owned by négociant Borie-Manoux, Lynch-Moussas has produced a fine, stylish 2010, which is...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $269.94
12 bottles: $264.54
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $118.90 $132.10
A wine with beautiful strawberry and chocolate with hints of pie crust. It's full-bodied with super integrated...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $899.64 $999.60
This was phenomenal from barrel and remains so. The aromas are spellbinding. It smells like a bouquet of pink roses...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $595.35 $661.50
By Margaux standards not a big wine, but beautifully perfumed. Finesse and length on the palate that’s unmatched by...
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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: $267.49 $297.21
A true younger sibling of the first growth, this well-known second wine offers a finely scented bouquet and creamy...
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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: $41.10
12 bottles: $40.28
A chewy and fresh wine with spice, nut and currant character. Full-bodied and muscular. Needs time to soften. Better...
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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: $124.38 $138.20
Produced in the magnificent new cellars at Montrose, this big, tannic wine is powerful and concentrated. It has...
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Red Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc 2010 2012 750ml

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.

The green skinned grapes of the Sauvignon Blanc varietal had their origins in Southern France, where they are still widely grown and used for many of the excellent young and aged white wines the region is famous for. Today, however, they are grown in almost every wine producing country in the world, and are widely revered for their fresh and grassy flavors, full of tropical notes and refreshing, zesty character. Sauvignon Blanc grapes thrive best in moderate climates, and ripen relatively early in the year. This has made them a favorite for many wineries in the New World, where they can still produce healthy and high yields in the earlier part of the summer before the temperatures become too hot. Too much heat has a massively adverse effect on Sauvignon Blanc, as the grapes become dull in their flavor, and the wine produced from them loses all its unique character and high points. As such, Sauvignon Blanc farmers have had a lot of trouble from global warming and climate change, as they are being forced to harvest their crops increasingly earlier in the year when it is cool enough to do so.