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Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.94 $49.90
12 bottles: $39.99
The first wine made at the new cellar, the 2014 Château Pédesclaux checks in as 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47%...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $30.30
2014 was an up and down vintage across Bordeaux but one that saw particular success in St Estèphe, and it's great to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.94
2014 was an up and down vintage across Bordeaux but one that saw particular success in St Estèphe, and it's great to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $153.95 $166.59
A deep red colour leads into a voluptuous blackcurrant nose, poised, seductive and showing stylish oak. Rich but not...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $174.15 $193.50
Rich, deep damson with a violet edge. On the nose it offers dark chocolate and liquorice. The palate is still tight,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $117.63 $130.70
A stunning wine for this vintage although it’s still a bit shy on the nose (more spice than fruit showing than...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $29.69
Wonderful aromas of crushed berries, wet earth and rose petals. Medium body and integrated and fine tannins. Very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $62.94
12 bottles: $61.68
This is a fragrant and very attractive mid-weight wine with plenty of ripe fruit to balance the full, dry tannins,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $91.80 $102.00
Fantastic aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants and strawberries follow through to a full body, super-integrated...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.89
12 bottles: $21.45
The ample fruitiness of this 80% Merlot wine is right up front. It comes from a large 116-acre estate on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.68
12 bottles: $84.99
A big black-cherry and bitter-chocolate nose leads into a rich, concentrated palate, where the fruit easily holds...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $174.90
6 bottles: $171.40
The smoky oak, full body and chunky tannins make a bold statement; indeed, the wine has plenty of flesh and packs a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $84.83 $85.50
The smoky oak, full body and chunky tannins make a bold statement; indeed, the wine has plenty of flesh and packs a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $67.83
12 bottles: $66.47
Complex aromas of dried flowers, dark fruits such as currants and plums and then a wet-earth undertone. Wet licorice...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.79
12 bottles: $18.41
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.94 $66.30
The wine is powered both by its tannins and by its great fruit. Dark and dense both in the structure and the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.50
12 bottles: $33.81
Quite developed soy-sauce and earth nose. A solid wine with quite a firm core, but it’s not very charming at the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $72.75
12 bottles: $71.30
Extremely aromatic with crushed-raspberry and plum character. Sweet tobacco, too. Hints of wet earth and dried...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $55.35
What a nose for a second wine! Lovely cassis and delicately leafy/earthy aromas. It’s a rare beast: a really...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.05 $39.00
12 bottles: $36.48
Some quite smoky oak heralds this full-bodied and fleshy wine, which ends with a slightly dry finish. Impressive, but...
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Corvina Blend Ice Wine Red Bordeaux 2014

Corvina grapes are most commonly associated with the Veneto region of Italy, where they have been grown successfully for centuries, and are a vital component of the region's viticultural identity. The Corvina varietal is famed around the world for its inclusion in such fine wines as Amarone and Valpolicella, where it is blended with small quantities of other grape varietals to produce wines of exceptional character and balance. The grapes themselves have a naturally high level of acidity, which often results in an aftertaste of bitter almonds. However, this bitterness is quite a sought for feature of this varietal, as it balances beautifully with the sour cherry notes also associated with the grape. Corvina grapes have a wonderfully potential for aging, and this process mellows the bitterness and acids present in the fruit, resulting in soft, complex and highly admired wines.

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.