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Red
375ml
Bottle: $13.22
12 bottles: $12.96
This wine impresses red wine lovers immediately with spicy aromas of cassis, black cherry, plum, vanilla, oak and...
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Red
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $91.50
#97 Wine of the World 2022. Fresh and deep nose, full of blueberries, minty cassis, mussels, cigars, dark spice and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $26.79 $28.20
12 bottles: $25.08
This is a wine that shows the artistry of blending five Bordeaux-heritage grape varieties, which contributed...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $26.25
12 bottles: $25.73
Rated 94 - The 2021 Arise, a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, and 4%...
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Red
4.0Ltr
Bottle: $15.99
Carlo Rossi Burgundy is a medium-bodied red wine with a smooth well-rounded finish. Hints of black cherry fruit add...
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Red
4.0Ltr
Bottle: $32.10 $33.79
4 bottles: $19.99
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Red
4.0Ltr
Bottle: $31.35 $33.00
4 bottles: $19.20
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $77.22 $85.80
The 2020 Soul of a Lion Estate is a deep, dark, nearly impenetrable ruby color. It has a beguiling bouquet that...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.75
Always a Petite Sirah-dominated wine, the 2020 Pessimist sports an inky purple color as well as a great, full-bodied...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.56 $13.22
The tradition of warm spiced wine is a universal one, but as an ancient Nordic beverage, glögg goes back to the...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $103.20
12 bottles: $101.14
#87 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. Subtle and complex red with blackberry, black truffle, sweet tobacco and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $11.35 $12.61
Clean lines of black cherry and warm baking spices draw the nose into this widely available bottling, perfect for...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $42.04
12 bottles: $34.29
The 2016 Winemaker's Cuvée is medium to deep garnet-purple in color and scented of cassis, blackberries and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $88.83
12 bottles: $87.05
Lastly, the 2021 The Bard checks in as 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit...
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97
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $6.89
Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.56
12 bottles: $8.55
Our Rum Barrel-Aged Merlot blends the traditional craftsmanship of California winemaking with the exotic tradition of...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.56
12 bottles: $8.55
Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rye Barrel Aged Red Blend - the first-of-its-kind Red Blend aged in Rye barrels -...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $37.55
12 bottles: $36.79
The wine is a blend of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petite Sirah and Charbono. The wine features enticing...
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Red
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $108.12
This is an emotional wine that touches your soul the minute you put your nose in the glass and then taste it. Its...
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Red
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $89.93
A fresh and discreet Almaviva with subtle pencil shavings and cigar box to the cassis and hints of chili chocolate...
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Merlot Red Blend Chile United States 375ml 4.0Ltr

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.

Chile has a long and rich wine history which dates back to the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century, who were the first to discover that the wonderful climate and fertile soils of this South American country were ideal for vine cultivation. It has only been in the past forty or fifty years, however, that Chile as a modern wine producing nation has really had an impact on the rest of the world. Generally relatively cheap in price,Whilst being widely regarded as definitively 'New World' as a wine producing country, Chile has actually been cultivating grapevines for wine production for over five hundred years. The Iberian conquistadors first introduced vines to Chile with which to make sacramental wines, and although these were considerably different in everything from flavor, aroma and character to the wines we associate with Chile today, the country has a long and interesting heritage when it comes to this drink. Chilean wine production as we know it first arose in the country in the mid to late 19th century, when wealthy landowners and industrialists first began planting vineyards as a way of adopting some European class and style. They quickly discovered that the hot climate, sloping mountainsides and oceanic winds provided a perfect terroir for quality wines, and many of these original estates remain today in all their grandeur and beauty, still producing the wines which made the country famous.

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.