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Red
750ml
Bottle: $106.50
3 bottles: $89.00
Plenty of ripe cassis and chocolate with a hint of smoke on the nose lead you into a ripe and velvety Pauillac that...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $124.94 $127.50
12 bottles: $122.44
Wonderfully perfumed with dark berry, mineral and chocolate character. Full body, great tannins and a long and racy...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $390.15 $433.50
Barrel sample. This is the rich wine of the vintage. With its intense fruit, piles of spice, but excellent balance,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.20
12 bottles: $48.22
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $114.00
12 bottles: $111.72
A wine that continues the impressive rise of du Tertre. It is becoming one of the sure values of Margaux, and this...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $227.34 $252.60
This is not quite as silky smooth and rich as the 2005 and yet it's full of promise. It feels young, with tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $438.96 $472.00
Probably one of my most consistent 100 pointers, I've been lucky enough to taste through close to a case of this...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $159.48 $177.20
Talk about value, the 2009 Duhart-Milon is straight up sensational stuff. Made from 63% Cabernet Sauvignon and 37%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
Loads of sweet tobacco and berry character, with hints of chocolate on the nose. Full body, with meat and earth....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $74.95 $80.20
Perfumed, with raspberries and flowers and hints of lemon. Full body, with ultra-fine tannins and a chewy finish....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $323.28 $359.20
This is delicious, with grilled cedar, cassis, blackberry and black pepper spice to the fore. For me it is the 2010...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $181.98 $202.20
Very dark, spicy and mysterious, this is a concentrated and graceful Pomerol that shows what was possible in this...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $91.71 $101.90
After initial tastings suggested there was too much tannin, the wine has undergone a welcome transformation. It has...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $107.95 $115.50
Dark and structured, this is a firm wine. It has a smoky wood character, powerful tannins over intensely ripe fruit....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.95
12 bottles: $87.17
A solid red, with raspberry and currant aromas and flavors. Full body, with solid tannins. Polished texture. Well...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $124.74 $138.60
Among the most seductive noses from Pauillac. Strong, cassis-stained palate with a lovely sense of upwards motion and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $141.48 $157.20
I could have picked a first growth here – Pauillac has three – but this is a relatively good value fifth growth,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $120.20
12 bottles: $113.05
Deep, intense brambly fruit unfurls gently over the palate. Not yet reached its tertiary stage but this knows where...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $67.94
The 2009 Guiraud is one of the gems of Sauternes this vintage, one of the finest offerings in recent years. It has a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $104.85
Pretty nose of blueberries, currants and blackberries, follows through to a full body, with ultra-refined tannins and...
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Red Bordeaux Semillon/sauvignon Blanc 2006 2009 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.