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Red
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Bottle: $32.94
The complex and compelling nose of red fruit pulls you inexorably into the concentrated and beautifully proportioned...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.75 $18.00
This structured wine gives concentration as well as broad and ripe black fruits. The wine is full, rich, and can age...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
12 bottles: $24.40
Ruby red with purple highlights. Beautiful balance between ripe red fruits and ethereal floral notes. A remarkable...
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750ml
Bottle: $39.94
This beautiful Fleurie has stacks of black raspberry fruit, but is anything other than loud. It gracefully tiptoes...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
Rated 92 - The Régnié “Sans Soufre” from Château de la Pierre hails from a beautiful parcel of sixty to...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.25
12 bottles: $14.95
Cherry red in color with a distinct nose of bright red fruit such as cherry & blackcurrant. Full of finesse with soft...
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750ml
Bottle: $64.94
12 bottles: $63.64
Very textured, this is a complex wine. There is a strong sense of minerality here, along with flavors of ripe...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $59.94
12 bottles: $58.74
93–95. Barrel Sample. This almost dry wine is full of botrytized fruit tones. Well balanced, it is likely to turn...
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750ml
Bottle: $47.20
12 bottles: $46.26
Pale lemon-gold colored, the 2020 Doisy-Vedrines is a little closed to begin, opening out to reveal fragrant notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.70
12 bottles: $27.27
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.70
12 bottles: $27.27
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.80
12 bottles: $28.22
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
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750ml
Bottle: $35.94
12 bottles: $35.22
Off dry, light body, medium acid. Palate is stewed pear, followed by honey, ginger and lemon zest.
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750ml
Bottle: $58.95 $65.20
#4 Top100, 2008. Delivers lots of botrytis spice, with lemon tart and cooked apple. Full-bodied, with loads of cream...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $67.94
The 2009 Guiraud is one of the gems of Sauternes this vintage, one of the finest offerings in recent years. It has a...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $54.94 $59.20
Barrel Sample. Ripe, botrytized fruit currently dominates this wine with its rich concentration. It is a full and...
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750ml
Bottle: $51.94 $57.20
Apricots, honeysuckle, lemons, mango crumble, earl grey and vanilla beans on the nose. Pretty spice notes that keep...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $49.94
Wow. This has a seamless texture and wonderful depth of fruit with dried pineapple, pear and hints of honey. Full...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $33.94
12 bottles: $33.26
Brilliant golden robe. Attractive complex nose of acacias, white flowers, lemon, and a touch of honey. Light, fruity...
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750ml
Bottle: $25.60
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Gamay Semillon/sauvignon Blanc Zinfandel 750ml

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.

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.