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Red
750ml
Bottle: $499.93 $540.00
Initially the wine is all firm tannins, but then there is a pure line of fresh black fruits that comes through, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.94 $99.70
12 bottles: $93.86
Taking advantage of the delicious fruit of 2006, this Branaire-Ducru shows a charming side. It brings out ripe, spicy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $219.78 $244.20
Not a wine that will please everyone. This has the austerity and backward thinking of 2006 mixed with the sleek fruit...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $81.94 $87.20
12 bottles: $74.94
Subdued on opening, but with 30 minutes in a carafe it spills out rich pencil lead and liquorice notes, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $707.31 $785.90
Barrel Sample Dark chocolate and mocha flavors, very dark and intense, this is a big, concentrated wine, flavored...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.95
This is shows lovely ripeness and roundness with pretty fruit and a rather creamy texture. Lead pencil and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.90
12 bottles: $47.92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $238.14 $264.60
This is not quite as silky smooth and rich as the 2005 and yet it's full of promise. It feels young, with tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $106.95
12 bottles: $104.81
After initial tastings suggested there was too much tannin, the wine has undergone a welcome transformation. It has...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $124.74 $138.60
Among the most seductive noses from Pauillac. Strong, cassis-stained palate with a lovely sense of upwards motion and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $119.90
12 bottles: $113.05
Deep, intense brambly fruit unfurls gently over the palate. Not yet reached its tertiary stage but this knows where...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $621.81 $690.90
Less obvious than La Mission, this is more about charcoal, grilled berries and crisp minerality, with a near-perfect...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $126.72 $140.80
The 2006 Haut Bailly is just now entering its prime drink window, and is certainly a gorgeous bottle of wine. Still...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $61.95
12 bottles: $60.71
A strong sleeper of the vintage, this sexy, hedonistic, modern-styled St.-Emilion has the tell-tale toasty new oak...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $463.50
Colour still tight and inky at 10 years old. Smooth, silky, very expressive; this is so powerful it almost lulls you...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $744.21 $826.90
As to the Grand Vin, the 2006 Latour showed beautifully. A blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance mostly...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $126.72 $140.80
Right at the top of its form, this 2006 is one of the finest wines to come out of the vintage. The wine is structured...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $108.95 $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
750ml
Bottle: $646.20 $718.00
Plenty of tannins still in play, and it is dense, powerful and reserved even at 15 years old. The tertiary notes of...
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Red Bordeaux 2006

There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.