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Chapelle D'ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$182.70
A smooth wine, rich for the vintage, with black currant and bright fruits and a strong underlay of wood. The acidity,...
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Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 1996
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$454.01
It's extremely rare to taste older vintages of Angélus. It's utterly sumptuous, and it's such a shame that the...
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Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 1996
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$502.54
It's extremely rare to taste older vintages of Angélus. It's utterly sumptuous, and it's such a shame that the...
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Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$377.28
Intense and enticing campfire smoke, this has beautiful rich fruits behind the grilled aromatics, and is open and...
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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$569.73
While there is certainly plenty of wood here, the wine has weight and impressive concentration for the year. The...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$104.28
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$157.12
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$92.95
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$95.94
Good bright ruby-red. Plum, currant, coffee, graphite, tobacco and licorice on the nose, lifted by a peppery...
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Chateau Certan De May Pomerol 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$87.12
Medium red-ruby. Perfumed, complex nose melds redcurrant, tobacco, mocha, cocoa powder and licorice. Broad, sweet and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$543.68
There is plumpness to the black fruit that gives beautiful impact on the attack, and here it combines with a...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$564.55
There is plumpness to the black fruit that gives beautiful impact on the attack, and here it combines with a...
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Chateau Clinet Pomerol 1996
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$190.86
This is a backward, muscular, highly-extracted wine with a boatload of tannin, thus the question mark. The saturated...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2007
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$314.95
With its perfumed aromas, this is a wine that has richness and sweetness, with soft velvet power. It has an intense...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2007
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$154.95
With its perfumed aromas, this is a wine that has richness and sweetness, with soft velvet power. It has an intense...
Pre-Arrival
Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$161.87
With its perfumed aromas, this is a wine that has richness and sweetness, with soft velvet power. It has an intense...
Carignan Red Bordeaux Zinfandel 1996 2007 Pre-Arrival Wine
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.
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.
The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.