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Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$251.11
This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and...
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Chateau Leoville Poyferre Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$139.94
I have had this wine three times out of bottle, rating it 97 once and 98 twice. It is a colossal success and a...
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Chateau Lusseau Saint Emilion 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$50.75
This deep ruby/purple-tinged, sexy St.-Emilion boasts jammy kirsch liqueur, blackberry, and raspberry fruit flavors,...
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Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$164.03
Pretty, clean, and perfumed, with a milk chocolate and berry character. Full bodied, with round and velvety tannins...
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Chateau Malescot Saint Exupery Margaux 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$83.48
Plenty of blackberry and floral aromas with hints of new wood. Full-bodied, chewy and rich with round tannins and a...
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Chateau Malescot Saint Exupery Margaux 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$130.12
Plenty of blackberry and floral aromas with hints of new wood. Full-bodied, chewy and rich with round tannins and a...
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Chateau Margaux Margaux 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$575.47
A wine with spices, meat, and very ripe fruit on the nose, with hints of dried flowers. Full bodied, and deeply...
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Chateau Margaux Margaux 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$880.98
A wine with spices, meat, and very ripe fruit on the nose, with hints of dried flowers. Full bodied, and deeply...
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Chateau Margaux Pavillon Rouge 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$268.57
Aromas of blackberry and lightly toasted oak follow through to a full-bodied palate, with chewy tannins and a rich,...
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Chateau Maucaillou Moulis 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$70.62
Fresh and floral with aromas of orange sorbet infused with red fruit. On the palate, the tannins are supple; very...
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Chateau Montrose Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$225.00
A prodigious beast of a wine that's now starting to shed just a touch of its considerable baby fat, the 2003 Château...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$96.95
Another estate owned by perfectionist Alain Vauthier (the proprietor of Ausone), this is the poor person’s value...
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$578.42
A heady, exotic wine, the 2003 Mouton Rothschild takes hold of all the senses. The ripeness and exuberance of the...
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$613.82
A heady, exotic wine, the 2003 Mouton Rothschild takes hold of all the senses. The ripeness and exuberance of the...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$119.95
From a cool terroir on clay and limestone soils (the perfect scenario for producing great wine in 2003), the 2003...
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Chateau Pavie Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$295.08
This controversial wine is fresh and bright still, unlike many of the overrated 2003s. Full-bodied, tight and...
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Chateau Pavie Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$288.91
This controversial wine is fresh and bright still, unlike many of the overrated 2003s. Full-bodied, tight and...
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Chateau Petrus Pomerol 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$3619.01
Extraordinary nose of berry, chocolate and flowers. Amazing, jaw-dropping quality. Full-bodied, with supersilky,...
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Chateau Pichon Baron Pauillac 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$179.68
Sweet tobacco and plum with hints of leather and cassis on the nose. Full bodied, with big velvety tannins and lots...
Chardonnay Red Bordeaux Semillon/sauvignon Blanc 2003 750ml
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
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.