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The hilltop village of Cairanne on the left bank of the southern Rhône between Orange and Vaisonla-Romaine is a...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $345.28
Beautifully fresh, lifted and disarming on the nose, you react with a smile without thinking, like with so many of...
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750ml - Case of 6
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Very expressive, with violet, fresh bay leaf and rosemary notes leading off, while the core of black cherry, black...
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750ml - Case of 6
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Gorgeous, with a lush core of raspberry, blueberry and boysenberry puree flavors gliding through, flecked with anise,...
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750ml - Case of 6
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In spite of a hint of charcoal, this is a very deep and charming wine with an entire microcosm of spice on the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $126.12
Another perfect wine from this brilliant estate is the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which matches the otherworldly...
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A dark and winey style, featuring intense raspberry and black currant preserve flavors coiled up with singed cedar,...
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750ml - Case of 6
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750ml - Case of 12
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Bottled end of February/early in March, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Chaupin is incredible stuff, and while I...
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Bottled end of February/early in March, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Chaupin is incredible stuff, and while I...
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750ml - Case of 6
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A lovely beam of cassis and dark plum fruit streams through, laced with anise and graphite notes and driving into a...
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A lovely beam of cassis and dark plum fruit streams through, laced with anise and graphite notes and driving into a...
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This is packed with plum, raspberry and blackberry confiture flavors that are youthfully wound up, while warm stone,...
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750ml - Case of 6
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A strapping, richly layered wine, teeming with blackberry, black currant and boysenberry paste flavors wrapped in a...
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Melon de Bourgogne Red Rhone Blend 750ml Wine

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.