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This is an attractively intense style with ripe red berry, plum and chocolate aromas and flavors. The glossy tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.49
12 bottles: $17.14
Marc-Antonin describes this wine as “linear with a straight structure.” Northwest-facing vines bring tension to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $279.89 $300.00
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: $20.19
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The 2015 Crozes-Hermitage Sens comes from a mix of alluvial and granite soils (mostly alluvial) and was completely...
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From the Chaillot lieu-dit, the 2015 Cornas Les Ruchets is slightly more firm and focused, yet still offers...
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750ml - Case of 12
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The 2015 IGP Les Collines de Laure comes from the young vines of the estate (which aren’t all that young and range...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $298.83
Opaque ruby. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes black and blue fruit preserves, incense and pungent flowers, while...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $43.90 $44.80
Cherry, blood orange, strawberry and cranberry flavors are juicy and nicely transparent, with a touch of sandalwood...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $435.00
Screaming "Granite!" at the top of its lungs, the 2015 Saint Joseph Le Clos comes from an east-facing parcel located...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $97.99
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This vintage of one of Yalumba's most premium wines is back up to the level of the 2013. It's a rich and heady combo...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $365.95
This has the density and power that is the hallmark of the vintage, with melted licorice snap and tar notes draped...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $89.95
Dark yet inviting, with a well of boysenberry and blackberry compote flavors luring you in, while charcoal, bay leaf...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $239.31
The 2015 No. 4 checks in as a blend of 90% Syrah, 6% Viognier, and 4% Mourvèdre that spent 22 months in 70% new...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $58.92
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $64.95
Deep black hue in color with notes of ripe, wild black fruit and hints of graphite and tar. Fine tannins, full...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $52.69
Readers should think of it as a French Vacqueyras on steroids. From 60-year-old vines in the Ebenezer district of...
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1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $415.95 $427.59
Similar in style to the 2011, the 2015 Languedoc Clos des Truffières is as always 100% Syrah from a vineyard near...
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Gamay Syrah 2005 2015

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

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.