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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.00
From one of Margaret River's longstanding family-owned and operated wineries, this is a charming Shiraz. It's...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $68.94 $73.20
Rated 97 - This Barone Ricasoli 2018 Casalferro is a selection of the best Merlot from three different vineyards with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.72
12 bottles: $53.63
Occidental Hills Syrah is a single-vineyard bottling from our 0.21 acre Syrah planting at English Hill Vineyard....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.90
12 bottles: $19.50
A rich, medium- to full-bodied red, with an underpinning of mesquite smoke and loamy earth and flavors of fig cake,...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $405.00 $450.00
The 2018 d'Yquem is all lime cordial, grapefruit oil and mandarin peel to begin. With a little coaxing, the fireworks...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $39.94
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.90
12 bottles: $38.12
Blackcurrant, blueberry, praline, chocolate and hazelnut aromas. Crushed stone, too. It’s full-bodied with firm,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $56.90 $61.20
Dense, with toothsome tannins that add a firm background to tangy blackberry and blueberry flavors, with notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $148.95
3 bottles: $145.97
Ripe black cherries, wild blackberries, blackcurrants, nutmeg, licorice, mahogany, musk and some dried thyme on the...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $129.93
97-99 I was blown away by the 2018 Côte Rôtie Château D'Ampuis, which is certainly in the same league as the famed...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $368.64 $409.60
Rated 97-100 - A barrel sample that just about made my eyes roll back in my head, the 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto has...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
Moving to the Hermitage releases, the 2018 Hermitage is terrific, and readers will love to have bottles in the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $98.15
6 bottles: $96.19
A savoury, red-fruited quality to the fruit with spiced plums and raspberry jam. Powerful, supercharged in the mouth,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.91
12 bottles: $15.83
Savory and a little old-fashioned on the nose with anise-like spices, bark and earthy berries. Full-bodied on the...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.70
Deep intense ruby red in color. Marvelous and well defined nuances of cherry and plum aromas with a touch of spice....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.01
12 bottles: $18.62
This shiraz is a bright and youthful red colour with some rich purple hues. On the nose are aromas of plum,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $32.00
#97 of Top 100: 2020. Blackberry and huckleberry flavors are concentrated and plump, with appealing details of black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.88 $38.40
12 bottles: $34.18
An effortless mix of blackberries and baking spice, the Merlot is complex and elegant, offering smooth layers of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $42.00
This wine comes from one of the most isolated single-vineyards in the world and from a fantastic Shiraz vintage. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
6 bottles: $39.14
Tasting of dark chocolate, blackberry syrup and tree bark, this leathery, full-bodied wine is textured and thick in...
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Merlot Semillon/sauvignon Blanc Syrah 2018 750ml

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.

Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.