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Bright aromas of sliced mangoes, papaya, botrytis, and lemon follow through to a full body. Medium sweet with a...
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Barrel Sample. Laden with toasty wood flavors and potential fruit richness, this will likely be a fine wine. The...
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Bright yellow-gold. Spicy, ripe, complex aromas of peach, apricot, orange and nutmeg. Juicy, shapely and sweet, with...
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This is real wine with a tasty and rich palate with chocolate, stone and berry. Medium to full body with refined...
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A spectacular wine, and one that could have been bought for a song when it was released, this blend of 73% Cabernet...
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As I reported last year, this is an atypically powerful, blockbuster Faugeres. The proprietor, Madame Guisez, has hit...
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Stephane Derenoncourt is the winemaking consultant behind this terrific, bargain-priced sleeper of the vintage. The...
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The wine is opaque purple, shows notes of blueberries, incense, camphor and black berry fruit, with licorice and...
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Dense and silky with lots of flowers and black currant character. Medium to full body, fine tannins and a long finish...
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Aromas of blackberry, toasted oak, sweet tobacco and espresso. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, fruity...
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95-97 Restrained power combine with great style and elegance in this beautiful wine. The tannins are certainly solid...
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Red Bordeaux Semillon/sauvignon Blanc 2003 2013 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.