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Sparkling
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $310.65 $327.00
The NV Brut Grande Cuvée(100% Pinot Noir) is a very good wine with bright fresh aromatics. This mid-weight...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $618.30 $687.00
The nose is just utterly delicious, smoky and seductive. This is why you don't drink St-Julien in a great vintage too...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $1139.95
Tight and dense still but so integrated and seamless in texture. Aromas of chocolate, hazelnuts, dried spices and...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $1274.95
One of my favorite vintages from this incredible terroir located on the upper plateau of Saint-Emilion, the 2009...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $567.00
One of the finest wines to come from Cantenac Brown for many years, this is powerful and dense, dominated by Cabernet...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $1659.00
Plenty of ripe cassis and chocolate with a hint of smoke on the nose lead you into a ripe and velvety Pauillac that...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $495.00
One of the best value St-Juliens, this is an estate that was beginning to come in to its own around 2009, and it...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $1119.00
A gorgeous wine that is still flexing its muscles, showing controlled brilliance, barely putting a step out of line....
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $579.00
Dense and dark, this is an extracted wine with polished fruit. What stops it going over the edge is the delicious...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $495.00
Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Lafon-Rochet comes bounding out of the glass with sit-up-and-beg notes of creme de...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $456.30 $507.00
#16 Top 100. As to the reds, the 2016 Domaine de Chevalier is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and the...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $310.50 $345.00
The 2018 Echo De Lynch-Bages checks in as a mix of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc...
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Sparkling
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $390.45 $411.00
This is lovely, the aromas and flavors run long into the finish with notes of light butter biscuits, subtle cooked...
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Red
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Sparkling
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $390.45 $411.00
The NV Blanc de Meuniers Les Vignes De Mon Village is a pure Pinot Meunier vintage blend that aged under natural cork...
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $351.00
A red with very deep and intense fruit character, yet rich tannins to back it all up. Full-bodied, layered and...
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Sparkling
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $276.45 $291.00
Moncuit’s non-vintage Cuvee Pierre Moncuit-Delos Blanc de Blancs Brut is typically a rich, powerful, crisp effort...
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Sparkling
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $322.05 $339.00
The NV Brut Expression is a beautiful wine. A fine line of acidity runs through the Expression, lending notable...
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Champagne Blend Grignolino Red Bordeaux 3.0Ltr

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.