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Less obvious than La Mission, this is more about charcoal, grilled berries and crisp minerality, with a near-perfect...
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Less obvious than La Mission, this is more about charcoal, grilled berries and crisp minerality, with a near-perfect...
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$34.35
This is a very powerful and structured Haut-Brisson, showing incredible depth and richness. Full-bodied and layered...
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The reductive twist holds red and purple fruit, in fresh and slightly exotic mode, with a plum-compote edge. The...
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Perfumed dark fruits with toasted spices, crushed walnut shell, savory herbs, graphite and tobacco leaves....
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Pure Merlot has produced this powerfully rich wine. Tannins and dark black-plum flavors are still nudging each other...
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Juliette Bécot (also of Château Beau-Séjour Bécot in Saint-Émilion) has done great work in this vintage! The...
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This shows blueberry and blackberry character with some stone and mineral undertones. It’s medium-bodied, solid and...
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The thing that impresses here is the long finish of subtle currant, chocolate and walnut. Full body, silky tannins...
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Lots of ripe black cherries, mulberries, Christmas spice, incense, and dried flower notes emerge from the 2019...
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This is intense with tons of tar and cloves against the well-defined cassis fruits and lovely vibrant violet edging....
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Juicy and flush, with steeped red and black currant and plum fruit flavors, this has a generous edge from start to...
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Coming from depressingly low yields of just 26 hectoliters per hectare (the lowest since 1991), the 2020 Château...
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Wood aging has smoothed the fruit and shows the potential that awaits when the wine's still young tannins soften....
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Black-plum, dried-herb, tobacco and some meaty aromas. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, fine tannins. Savory...
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The aromas here are so spellbinding with shitake mushrooms, wet earth and moss, as well as tree bark and, finally,...
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This is a wine that is showing lots of structure with tightly wound tannins that spin through the center palate....
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Coming from an incredible terroir on the Côte Pavie, which is a south-facing hillside of clay and limestone soils,...
Muscat Mencia Red Bordeaux Schioppettino In-Store or Curbside pickup
Known as Moscato in Italy, and Moscatel in Portugal and Spain, Muscat is one of the oldest continually cultivated grape varietals in the world. It originally came out of the Middle East, and was picked up by the ancient Greeks, who brought it to Italy and elsewhere in their empire. Because of its astounding age and continuous use, it has long since been mutated and crossbred to produce dozens of subspecies, and it is known by lots of synonyms and regional names. Because of this, it is fair to say that there is no ‘true’ Muscat grape. The most popular - and oldest - varietal within this group, however, is Muscat Blanc au Petit Grains, which is grown with great results most notably in France and South Africa.
Known for its light and fruity character, Muscat of Alexandria is the second oldest of the Muscat grapes, and is found in several countries around the Mediterranean. The grape is prized for its versatility - indeed, almost every imaginable type of wine style, from dry to medium to sweet and sparkling, can be made from this varietal. Generally speaking, though, Muscat grapes have a relatively low acidity which make them unsuitable for ageing, meaning the vast majority of Muscat wines are drank very young, wherein they can express their best features.
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.