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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.64 $19.60
12 bottles: $15.83
The black-olive, blueberry and blackberry character, combined with stone and orange peel is very attractive. Full to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
Intense nose of bramble fruits, liquorice, leather and tobacco. Very nice palate, with smooth and elegant tannins,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Bursting with sweet, ripe red fruit flavors, featuring notes of cherry, strawberry and blackberry. The delicate...
Red
500ml
Bottle: $22.93
6 bottles: $22.40
An aromatized wine native to Italy’s Marche region, Visciola blends the syrup of local sour cherries and red wine....

Italian Red Blends Red Bordeaux Traminette NV Wine

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.