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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 1995
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$740.13
Flower and berry character, with hints of clove and black pepper. Full-bodied and very rich, with decadent flavors....
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Chateau Branaire Ducru Saint Julien 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$124.95
The 1995 Branaire-Ducru has a generous bouquet that might be a tad riper than the 1996 with blackberry, dark plum, a...
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Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$94.10
Slightly one-dimensional, but shows some very good fruit character. Dried berry and cherry aromas, with a hint of...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$640.87
Bright red. Pure aromas of strawberry, flowers, soy sauce, espresso and minerals. Then clean and straightforward on...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 1995
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$378.45
The bouquet of the Ducru-Beaucaillou 1995 offers an array of fresh fruit, blackcurrant, plum, spices and liquorice...
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Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste Pauillac 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$188.95
Another unbelievably rich, multidimensional, broad-shouldered wine, with slightly more elegance and less weight than...
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Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Rouge 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$585.36
It is fun to go back and forth between the 1995 and 1996, two superb vintages for Haut-Brion. The 1995 seems to have...
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Chateau La Fleur-Petrus Pomerol 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$293.59
This is still quite solid, with a prominent tannic backbone that holds the core of damson plum, raspberry and black...
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$899.37
I pulled this lone bottle out of my cellar at the last minute to remind some Italian vintners of the great quality of...
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Chateau Latour Pauillac 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$678.35
A beauty, the opaque dense purple-colored 1995 exhibits jammy cassis, vanillin, and minerals in its fragrant but...
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Chateau Leoville Barton Saint Julien 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$125.15
A beautiful wine, with layers of ripe fruit, berry, cedar, vanilla and light spice. Full-bodied, with silky tannins...
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Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$265.31
I love the aromas here with forest flowers, wild mushrooms and tobacco, as well as currants. Full and very layered...
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Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac 1995
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$237.18
A wine that continues to improve with age. Shows loads of ripe plum, almost prune, with hints of vanilla and mineral....
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Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac 1995
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$216.33
A wine that continues to improve with age. Shows loads of ripe plum, almost prune, with hints of vanilla and mineral....
Carignan Red Bordeaux Zinfandel 1995 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.