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Chateau Bouscaut Pessac Leognan Rouge 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$41.78
Stylish cedar and lightly toasted spices mingle with ripe cherries, blue plums and violets. The palate has a very...
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Chateau Branon Pessac Leognan 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$134.95
This smolders beautifully from start to finish, showing warm tar, tobacco leaf and steeped black currant fruit, with...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$49.28
Big and juicy red with lots of fruit and tannins yet it’s not overdone. Full-bodied, chewy and intense. Lots of...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2017
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$88.95
The 2017 Carbonnieux is dark and intense in the glass. Swaths of tannin wrap around a core of dark fruit in this...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$38.95
The 2017 Carbonnieux is dark and intense in the glass. Swaths of tannin wrap around a core of dark fruit in this...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2018
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$82.30
This structured, dense wine is packed with as much tannins as fruit at this stage. Balance is coming and this ripe...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2019
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$92.57
The 2019 Château Carbonnieux sports a deep purple/ruby hue to go with a brilliant nose of red and black currants,...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$46.21
The 2019 Château Carbonnieux sports a deep purple/ruby hue to go with a brilliant nose of red and black currants,...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$39.28
Blackcurrants, raspberries, crushed stone, bark, and dark mushroom. Licorice, too. Full-bodied with chewy tannins...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2021
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$81.95
91-93 The 2021 Carbonnieux is gorgeous. It has more than enough mid-palate depth and overall richness to fill out its...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Rouge 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$39.95
91-93 The 2021 Carbonnieux is gorgeous. It has more than enough mid-palate depth and overall richness to fill out its...
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Chateau De Fieuzal Pessac Leognan 1989
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$145.95
A big Bordeaux, with great presence on the palate and a stylish character of black pepper, raisin, earth, game and...
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Chateau De Fieuzal Pessac Leognan 2000
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$70.95
Aromas of lead pencil, tobacco leaf, licorice, and creme de cassis are offered in an outstanding, medium to...
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Chateau De Fieuzal Pessac Leognan 2002
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$57.95
Red-ruby. Very sweet, exotic aromas of red berry liqueur and licorice. Nicely concentrated, sweet and fruit-driven,...
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Chateau De Fieuzal Pessac Leognan 2010
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$69.89
This is a fine, beautifully controlled wine. Its dark black currant fruits and firm dense texture are restrained,...
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Chateau De Fieuzal Pessac Leognan 2015
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$49.89
With a smudge of soft oak on the nose, this is big and ripe in its expression, a beautiful wine that has the balance...
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Chateau De Fieuzal Pessac Leognan 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$49.37
The smoky oak is a little dominant but softens through the palate, giving a charred, smoky, cigar-box edge to the...
Albana Gamay Red Bordeaux France Bordeaux Graves Pre-Arrival Wine
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.
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.