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Red
750ml
Bottle: $708.21 $786.90
This has aromas of black fruit, olives, wet earth, dried lavender, cloves and bark. Bitter chocolate and walnuts,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $69.19 $74.40
Peach, apricot, pear and green apple combine with sweet tropical fruit touches lending both a freshness and rich,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $367.20 $408.00
Beginning to open magnificently, the still dense purple-colored 2000 reveals a blossoming bouquet of blackberries,...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $500.31 $555.90
A meaty and decadent Lynch with very ripe currant aromas on the nose. Full body, velvety-textured tannins and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $253.80 $282.00
A meaty and decadent Lynch with very ripe currant aromas on the nose. Full body, velvety-textured tannins and a...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $108.27 $120.30
Slowly and confidently inching towards its drinking window, but needs another three to five years before it gets...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $212.76 $236.40
Slowly and confidently inching towards its drinking window, but needs another three to five years before it gets...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $271.80
Rich, impressively ripe fruit, the fruit dense and black, with juicy black plum flavors followed by dusty tannins....
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $371.94
The 2008 Lynch Bages is brilliant stuff as well as a textbook Pauillac. Revealing a still youthful ruby/purple color...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $108.30
The 2008 Lynch Bages is brilliant stuff as well as a textbook Pauillac. Revealing a still youthful ruby/purple color...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $163.95 $178.90
The 2008 Lynch Bages is brilliant stuff as well as a textbook Pauillac. Revealing a still youthful ruby/purple color...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $237.60 $264.00
A powerful and ripe wine with a wide-screen personality, this makes a very bold statement without becoming a jot...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $555.00
6 bottles: $552.00
A wine with great beauty and finesse. Such elegance and ethereal quality for this estate. Full body, with ultra-fine...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $128.95 $138.00
A wine with great beauty and finesse. Such elegance and ethereal quality for this estate. Full body, with ultra-fine...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $143.95 $156.00
Barrel sample. The wine is very dry, layered tannins giving a major sense of structure. It will always have this dry,...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $96.00
Aromas of currants, blackberries and blackcurrants with hints of chocolate and spices. Full body, firm and silky...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $146.16 $162.40
Aromas of currants, blackberries and blackcurrants with hints of chocolate and spices. Full body, firm and silky...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $156.06 $173.40
This vintage was ideal for the rich style that this estate has made its own. This wine is full bodied and ripe with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $180.72 $200.80
Very rich and exotic with blackberry, black-tea, graphite and lead-pencil aromas. Full-bodied, dense and structured...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $155.87 $173.19
Another wine that is packed with Pauillac signature; one where you feel the tightness and the bristle of the tannins....
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France Bordeaux Pauillac

Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.

There are few wine regions in the world with a reputation as glowing and well established as that of the Bordeaux, in France. Situated mainly around the Dordogne and Gironde rivers, Bordeaux makes the most of its humid climate and rich, clay and gravel based soils to grow some of the finest examples of red and white grape varietals on earth. Wineries in this region have been in operation for hundreds of years, and have carefully developed the expertise required for the production of carefully balanced and utterly delicious blended red and white wines, alongside some exceptional single variety bottles. Many of the chateaux found in Bordeaux have become household names, due to their prestige and the excellence of their products, grown with love and dedication by heritage wineries in this beautiful and special region.

The commune consists of only 3000 acres of vineyards in the Haut-Medoc between the villages of Saint-Julien to the south and Saint-Estephe to the north, but is home to three of Bordeaux's five first growth wines: Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Latour, and Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

A classic Pauillac wine is rich, dense-coloured, full-bodied and profound with an elegant mix of black currants and cedary oak that is luxurious and distinguished when mature. There is a wide variation on this theme throughout Pauillac, in part due to the differing terrain across the region. This is shown within the 3 First growths where the Lafite is complex and elegant, the Mouton-Rothschild is voluptuous with power and the Latour is full yet refined. There are many other styles amongst Pauillac's Chateaux, ranging from elegant wines which are drinkable younger, such as Pichon Lalande to the more tannic, deep style of Lynch-Bages.

This commune, on the banks of the Gironde, has small hills which are unusual in the Medoc. The soil contains heavy gravel which is important to the wine growing as it reflects the sun and allows excellent drainage. It is differences in the subsoil that contribute towards each Chateau's style. Lafite has a limestone base which leads to a softer, aromatic flavour; Mouton-Rothschild has sand within its gravelly soil which produces its richness, and Latour enjoys a bed of predominantly gravel enabling it to be consistent even in wet years.

This region of Haut Medoc sets the standard for each Bordeaux vintage and is a wonderful and impressive representative. A great deal of pleasure awaits anyone exploring this wonderful appellation.