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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
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$181.94
96-97 This is a very beautiful red with currant and berry character. Very fine and polished tannins, too. The impact...
750ml
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$87.93
$93.20
12 bottles:
$87.40
A wonderfully rich, savoury nose leading into notes of lusciously ripe blackberry, blackcurrant and cherry, with a...
750ml
Bottle:
$123.19
6 bottles:
$122.40
Deep purple color. Aromas and flavors of black cherry, blackberry preserves, allspice, and grilled pumpernickel with...
750ml
Bottle:
$42.05
12 bottles:
$41.21
From a vineyard that has since been designated as part of the new Petaluma Gap appellation, this wine shows the fog...
750ml
Bottle:
$31.00
12 bottles:
$30.38
Preserved lemon, orange blossoms, white grapefruit, and struck flint, with saline-like minerality due to strong...
750ml
Bottle:
$115.84
6 bottles:
$115.20
A juicy, flavorful red with aromas and flavors of crushed berries and currants. Intense amount of new wood. Full and...
750ml
Bottle:
$123.77
$137.52
A singed bay leaf and charcoal edge gives this a sauvage hint, while the core of steeped black currant and fig fruit...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$151.71
Juicy and engaging, with red currant and plum fruit, stitched tightly with chalky tannins, grilled savory and singed...
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Araujo Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard 2015
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$1074.95
$1135.55
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon charges from the gate with exuberant red and black...
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Araujo Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard 2015
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$608.03
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon charges from the gate with exuberant red and black...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$325.86
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Bond Cabernet Sauvignon Quella 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$584.67
The 2015 Quella is a darker, more mineral-laced wine and offers a classic Quella bouquet of black fruits, black...
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Bond Cabernet Sauvignon St Eden 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$732.05
Moving to the 2015s tasted from bottle, this is an incredible vintage for this estate and there are two perfect wines...
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Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$246.28
This is dark and structured in style, with a strong graphite spine and a robust loamy edge throughout, while steeped...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$665.03
Just about pure perfection, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Helms Vineyard comes from vines around the estate, just...
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$1106.45
$1136.59
Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay 2002 2015 United States California
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.