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The 2021 Sauvignon Blanc Fosilni Breg is the village wine from the Ciringa lieu-dit. Macerated for 12 hours and aged...
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Bottle: $23.72
Golden color with green reflections. Powerful, rich nose, with notes of citrus, peach, and white flowers. When...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $32.10
Aromas and flavors of tar, berries and dark chocolate. Full body, relatively firm tannins and a finish that fills the...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $29.61
The fresh tobacco, olive, cedar and red currant notes are direct and focused, with a light tangy feel through the...
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375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $23.88
The 2019 Echo De Lynch-Bages is the second wine of Château Lynch-Bages and it's beautifully done, with a more...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $11.31 $12.57
12 bottles: $7.61
A good, solidly dependable Sauvignon Blanc with notes of grapefruit, just-ripe passionfruit, citrus blossom, cut...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $10.39 $11.55
12 bottles: $7.82
Aromatic, juicy and fragrant, with Key lime pie, tangerine, lime sherbet, fresh-cut green apple and fresh-grated...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
From thirty year-old vines grown in a clay-limestone soil predominantly in Sury-en-Vaux. Fermented and aged in...
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375ml
Bottle: $12.61
12 bottles: $10.45
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc White Wine features the refreshing flavors of passion fruit, melon, and grapefruit,...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $19.94
Plums and fresh flowers, such as roses on the nose with some stems and parsley. Full-bodied with round, polished...
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375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $39.40
Blackcurrants with crushed stone and slate. Lead pencil. Medium-bodied with ultra-fine tannins and precision....
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $150.60
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Good deep red. Redcurrant and smoke on the nose. Silky and suave for a second wine, with a juicy quality and good...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $149.83 $159.00
The second wine of Château Latour, the 2012 Les Forts de Latour is a smoking good, rich, concentrated effort that...
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375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $25.80
There are two second wines from this estate. The 2016 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is slightly more Cabernet...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $30.30
This shows wonderful depth and richness, yet it’s so fresh and vivid with dark berries, dark plums and spice....
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $25.50
Perfumed aromas of blackberries and cherries with hints of flowers. Full body, round and linear tannins and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $65.95
12 bottles: $64.63
Very polished tannins that caress the palate. Full body. It's fruity, pretty and refined. The mineral and berry...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $30.30
Rich notes of blackcurrant, black tea, touches of chocolate and hints of violets. Weighty and deep, really round and...
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Cortese Red Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 375ml

The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.

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.

The green skinned grapes of the Sauvignon Blanc varietal had their origins in Southern France, where they are still widely grown and used for many of the excellent young and aged white wines the region is famous for. Today, however, they are grown in almost every wine producing country in the world, and are widely revered for their fresh and grassy flavors, full of tropical notes and refreshing, zesty character. Sauvignon Blanc grapes thrive best in moderate climates, and ripen relatively early in the year. This has made them a favorite for many wineries in the New World, where they can still produce healthy and high yields in the earlier part of the summer before the temperatures become too hot. Too much heat has a massively adverse effect on Sauvignon Blanc, as the grapes become dull in their flavor, and the wine produced from them loses all its unique character and high points. As such, Sauvignon Blanc farmers have had a lot of trouble from global warming and climate change, as they are being forced to harvest their crops increasingly earlier in the year when it is cool enough to do so.

Semillon was, at one point not so long ago, widely believed to be one of the most grown grape varietals in the world. Whilst today the numbers of Semillon grapes has dropped considerably, it remains a widely planted grape with vineyards all over Europe and the New World dedicated to making the most of this special and flavorful varietal. The grapes are recognizable by their golden color, and the fact that they can take on a pinkish hue in particularly warm climates. The wines the Semillon grape produces are notably varied, and are often very crisp and dry, or sweet and soft, full of a wide range of flavors Commonly, dry Semillon wines are particularly citrus in flavor, with a delicate and summery bouquet. The vine is hardy and vigorous, and notable for being easy to grow and produce high yields from.