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$37.80
$42.00
The top-of-the-range 2020 Luz Carménère feels closed, serious and austere, even in a warm and dry year like 2020....
750ml
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$18.00
12 bottles:
$17.10
The 2020 Carménère Massal 1945 from Almahue, Cachapoal, was made in used barrels and foudres for 12 months. Garnet...
750ml
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$18.34
12 bottles:
$17.42
A medium-to full-bodied carmenere with lots of dark, grilled cumin, black beans, olives and smoked meat. Dry and...
750ml
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$20.06
12 bottles:
$19.65
Bright & Lively A burst of fresh fruit; flavors of green apple, lime zest and lemon are framed with a creaminess from...
750ml
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$19.93
$22.00
12 bottles:
$19.53
As always, this Carmenère is intense red color with a violet hue. It offers numerous aromas of tremendous intensity....
750ml
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$89.90
$94.80
A consistent Purple Angel that really delivers the carmenere’s plushness when ripened well. Dark olives,...
750ml - Case of 12
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$51.94
An elegant and refined Verdejo from pre-phylloxera (very) old vines north of Segovia. This is a serious expression of...
750ml - Case of 12
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$23.94
Bitter almond with smoked lemon and rich lees on the nose, following through to a full-bodied palate with zesty lemon...
750ml
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$15.92
$17.49
12 bottles:
$15.83
Displays a gravel-and-loam cast, with a core of herb-accented cherry and plum flavors, ending with fine,...
750ml
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$11.94
$13.00
Wine of intense violet color. It offers aromas of blackberries and plum with graphite and coal on a masculine nose....
750ml
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$17.59
12 bottles:
$12.35
Aromas of red plums, raspberries, chocolate orange, leaves, green olives and toasted bread. Medium-bodied with very...
750ml
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$22.57
$25.08
12 bottles:
$18.24
Red fruit aromas, with cedar and bold notes. On the palate it is fresh and fruity with flavors of cherry and hints of...
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Belondrade Rueda Verdejo 'Y Lurton' 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$51.02
The 2020 Belondrade y Lurton is already sold out, but for completeness of our database I tasted it next to the...
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Montes Purple Angel 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$70.75
A consistent Purple Angel that really delivers the carmenere’s plushness when ripened well. Dark olives,...
Carmenere Mencia Sherry Verdejo 2020 750ml
The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.