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Chateau Beauregard Pomerol 2020
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle:
$36.93
The 2020 Beauregard was picked from September 8 at 37hl/ha (winemaker Vincent Priou told me that having been organic...
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Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien 2014
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle:
$69.62
A very classical St. Julien that’s got good concentration and real elegance, too. Great black fruits on the nose...
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Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien 2020
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$74.94
The Grand Vin 2020 Château Beychevelle is a tiny selection representing just 55% of the total production of the...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2020
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle:
$87.63
The 2020 Château Calon Ségur is pure gold and another masterpiece from this estate. Harvested all in September and...
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$361.97
The Grand Vin 2020 Château Cheval Blanc checks in as a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet...
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$327.79
96-98 The 2021 Cheval Blanc is one of the wines of the vintage. Vertical and aristocratic in bearing, Cheval is just...
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Chateau Clerc Milon Pauillac 2010
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$72.28
Opulent aromas of plum, blackberry and cassis reveal a still tannic and dense palate: needs five more years to enter...
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Chateau Clerc Milon Pauillac 2021
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$58.97
92-94 The 2021 Clerc Milon is a success, bursting with aromas of blackberries, cassis and plums mingled with violets,...
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Chateau D'armailhac Pauillac 2008
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle:
$58.55
This is a wine that is made to be elegant - the most accessible in the Mouton stable. They have achieved that with an...
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Chateau D'armailhac Pauillac 2014
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle:
$43.91
This is very tannic yet polished and firm with currants, bark, and stones. Full-bodied and muscular and linear. Love...
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Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Rouge 2013
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$232.15
This is very, very long and intense with velvety tannins and plenty of sweet tobacco, cedar and dark berry aromas and...
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Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Rouge 2021
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$324.95
96-98 A candidate for the title of wine of the vintage, the 2021 Haut-Brion unwinds in the glass with aromas of rich...
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Chateau Latour Pauillac 2015
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$431.91
Really gorgeous aromatics, so perfumed, acutely aromatic, pristine, clear and precise with tobacco, cocoa, ash and...
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Chateau Leoville Poyferre Saint Julien 2021
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$54.75
94-97 The top wine, the 2021 Château Léoville Poyferré is a beauty and certainly makes the most of the vintage....
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$115.44
The 2020 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a total stunner. For the first time I can remember, Les Carmes Haut-Brion marries...
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Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac 2006
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle:
$89.20
Slowly and confidently inching towards its drinking window, but needs another three to five years before it gets...
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Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac 2020
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle:
$74.93
A beautifully layered red with blackcurrant, hazelnut and lead-pencil character and fine, velvety tannins....
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Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac 2021
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$75.82
94-96 The Grand Vin 2021 Château Lynch-Bages ratchets up everything, offering a rich, powerful, almost full-bodied...
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Chateau Nenin Pomerol 2018
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$50.59
Elegant, complex nose with dark and blue fruit, as well as spicy and earthy undertones. Sandalwood and cedar with...
Carignan Port Blend Red Bordeaux Zinfandel 375ml 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.
Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.
Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating 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.
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.