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Bottle: $29.94 $32.80
Undoubtedly the best of the three Dulucs, it takes a bit of the best of each of the other two. Fascinating that the...
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Bottle: $618.30 $687.00
The nose is just utterly delicious, smoky and seductive. This is why you don't drink St-Julien in a great vintage too...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $143.90
12 bottles: $135.85
The nose is just utterly delicious, smoky and seductive. This is why you don't drink St-Julien in a great vintage too...
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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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750ml
Bottle: $97.94 $106.20
Ripe fruit, pink flowers and cinnamon spice nuances on the nose. Round and bright, chewy, chunky, but restrained too,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $75.95
12 bottles: $74.43
With dense fruit and a powerful, complex structure, this is one of the best wines from this chateau. Blackberries,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $70.56 $78.40
Barrel sample. Full of ripe Cabernet tannins, this is a structured wine that's chunky in character. It elegantly...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.95
12 bottles: $63.65
This estate has produced an impressive wine for the vintage. It balances acidity, tarry wood flavors and ripe...
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Bottle: $57.61
Spicy, rich and full of ripe fruit, this wine has great potential. It is structured and dense while bringing out a...
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750ml
Bottle: $68.89 $74.40
This family-owned estate has produced a structured and dark wine with great concentration balanced by acidity and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $42.69
#16 TOP 100, 2019. The core of this red is loaded with pure plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors. The...
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750ml
Bottle: $57.88 $58.98
Very attractive aromas of currants, tile and sandalwood with black and red currants. It’s full-bodied with a tight,...
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750ml
Bottle: $66.51 $73.90
Tempting nose, full of aromatic black fruits, perfume, liquorice and salty stones. Juicy, ripe, and controlled, I...
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Bottle: $28.68
An intensely perfumed nose with soft cocoa powder aromas. The texture is alluring, juicy and ripe but lifted, quite...
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750ml
Bottle: $54.90 $58.90
An intensely perfumed nose with soft cocoa powder aromas. The texture is alluring, juicy and ripe but lifted, quite...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $19.90
Blackcurrant, blackberry, pencil-lead, cedar and dark-chocolate aromas. Some vanilla bean, too. It’s medium-to...
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750ml
Bottle: $31.95
12 bottles: $31.31
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $290.61 $322.90
Proprietor Bruno Borie mentioned that this was a late vintage. They started to pick on 30th September, finishing on...
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750ml
Bottle: $277.95 $300.00
Blackberry, mint and black pepper abound here. The palate has serious structure, with an emphasis on liquorice,...
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Red Bordeaux France Bordeaux St. Julien

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.

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.

Saint-Julien-Beychevelle is a commune on the left bank of the Garonne estuary in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France, that produces red wine.

The village lies 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Bordeaux and is considered by some to be the most underrated of the four major wine growing appellations of the Medoc.

The 9 km2 (3.5 sq mi) of vineyards around the villages of St-Julien and Beychevelle produce wine of relative lightness and balance. Its strength stems from the quality of its soil – the characteristic layer of gravel forcing the roots of the vine to go to extra depth to reach its nutrients, as well as retaining additional heat to see it through the cooling winds from the Atlantic away to the west.

St-Julien contains no First Growths but it does have estates ranked as Second, Third and Fourth Growths in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.