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Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$206.95
The 2016 L'Apparita, 100% Merlot, is a breathtaking, riveting wine that captures all the potential of the vintage. In...
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Chateau Laroque Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2016
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$80.37
The 2016 Laroque is blended of 95% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc and 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon from vines more than 50...
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Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$209.14
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is dark, ample and totally seductive. Black cherry, mocha, plum, spice, new...
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Chateau Montviel Pomerol 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$44.50
A rocking effort that brings the goods, the 2016 Château Montviel is a tiny production cuvée based on 80% Merlot...
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Colgin Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$873.70
This is the first vintage with fruit from Josephine’s Hill included. This 2.38-acre north-facing hillside vineyard...
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Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Maya 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$514.62
Lush and warm in feel, with caressing cassis, plum sauce and cherry puree flavors, infused with subtle smoldering...
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Domaine Lafarge Vial Cote De Brouilly 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$61.76
Offering up aromas of dark chocolate, roasting game bird and small wild berries, the 2016 Côte de Brouilly is medium...
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Dominus Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$316.70
A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc aged in 40% new oak, the 2016 Proprietary...
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Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$140.61
Wiry, opinionated and something of a recluse, Randy Dunn has a reputation for making sleek, powerfully structured,...
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Errazuriz Vinedo Chadwick 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$319.90
The blue fruit and dark berry aromas are so attractive and catching. Black licorice and blackberry notes. Full body,...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$873.70
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Ark Vineyard is largely cut from the same cloth and reveals a purple/ruby hue as well as...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$871.94
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Ark Vineyard is largely cut from the same cloth and reveals a purple/ruby hue as well as...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$794.97
Similarly purple-hued, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan Vineyard is more backward and closed compared to the...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$89.33
The Isole e Olena 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Collezione Privata opens nicely to show rich but balanced concentration and...
Cabernet Sauvignon Gamay Merlot
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.
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.