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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.93
12 bottles: $25.41
Floral aromas, with blueberries and hints of vanilla that follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.84 $18.40
12 bottles: $17.48
A rich and distinct with complex notes of blackberry, coffee, nutmeg, and caramel. A velvety smooth finish of plump...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94 $22.08
12 bottles: $19.54
Cherry pie and red licorice notes are rounded, forward and open-knit in style, ending with a frank dose of vanilla on...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $72.72 $80.80
An intriguing bouquet of strawberry, neroli and almond greet the nose. The opening is subtle but quickly crescendos...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $159.94
Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Sleeping Lady Vineyard is deep garnet-purple in color....
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $178.95
The personal project of winemaker Chris Phelps of Inglenook. Since his days at Dominus in the 1990s, he continues to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $89.90
6 bottles: $88.10
Ripe and focused, with a core of raspberry, mulberry and black currant pate de fruit notes that meld nicely with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $97.45
6 bottles: $95.50
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $185.20
6 bottles: $184.00
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $195.00
The inky hued 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Erba Vineyard, which includes 15% Petit Verdot, comes all from Atlas Peak (next...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $193.95
Coming from a vineyard on Pritchard Hill, just across from Colgan, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Melanson Vineyard is a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $195.00
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Sage Ridge is another inky hued wine from Bevan and offers lots of ultra-ripe black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $104.57 $109.20
12 bottles: $103.74
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is a charming, sweetly fruited effort with loads of character. First produced in 1985 and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $44.94
92-94 The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc. Deep...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.94 $60.79
Dark and concentrated fruit and wood aromas are intense but not overblown on the nose of this rich bottling. Very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $75.94
6 bottles: $74.42
Saturated flavors of black cherries, black olives, dark chocolate and tobacco are wrapped in velvety, persistent...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $158.94
A full-bodied cabernet sauvignon that’s fruity on the nose with notes of crushed raspberries, berries and herbs....
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96
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $104.93 $105.60
12 bottles: $102.83
Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 NVD Cabernet Sauvignon is deep garnet-purple in color, giving up notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.00
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is darkly aromatic, with graphite, pencil shavings, cassis, blackcurrant, pepper and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.93
The 2018 Atlas Peak AVA Cabernet Sauvignon is stunning, displaying a deep garnet color that immediately captures the...
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Cabernet Sauvignon Carignan Gamay 2018 2019

Carignan is an ancient blue-skinned grape varietal, thought to be indigenous to the Aragon region of Spain. However, today it is most commonly associated with the fine wines of southern France, and has been grown in many countries around the world which have the warm and dry conditions it requires to thrive. Carignan is recognized as being quite a sensitive vine, highly susceptible to all kinds of rot and mildew, although producing excellent results when given the right conditions and handled correctly. Its high tannin levels and acidity make the Carignan grapes very astringent, and as such, they are often used as a blending grape to give body to other, lesser bodied varietals. Despite this, with careful treatment, Carignan can produce superb single varietal wines packed full of character and unique attributes.

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.