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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.25 $15.00
12 bottles: $11.12
A wine that delivers the flavours of cherry and blackcurrant, together with a subtle touch of vanilla. On the palate...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.47 $13.86
12 bottles: $12.35
Aromatic layers of spice and toast lead into flavors of blackberry, cherry and toasty oak. A medium-bodied wine, the...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.99
12 bottles: $15.67
This Cabernet Sauvignon shows ripe fruit aromatics including blackcurrant and cassis combined with bright red berry...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.95
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.39
6 bottles: $37.62
Quite a herbal cabernet with stemmy, tree bark and peppery notes to the cherry fruit and spices. Elegant and juicy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.55 $17.91
12 bottles: $16.24
I am really impressed by the 2020 Legado Cabernet Sauvignon, which feels fresh and aromatic, with a notable absence...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.84 $15.17
12 bottles: $13.18
Stewed blackberry, dried blackcurrant, porcini, cola and charred bark on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $14.25
This sanguine red opens with a layer of roasted coffee bean flavors, which join a core of cherry tart before fanning...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.96 $24.40
12 bottles: $19.76
Well-done in a medium-bodied style, with fresh and inviting raspberry and blackberry flavors, plus subtle tea leaf...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.90 $12.57
With this wine the vineyard debuted 20 years ago. A special Cabernet Sauvignon given by its location in a cool corner...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $60.00
Cauquenes, in the Maule Valley, isn't well known for its Cabernet Sauvignon although this biodynamic wine from...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.69 $18.34
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Orzada from Maipo was aged in new and used French oak barrels. Violet in color. The...
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Bottle: $11.66
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.66
The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Limited Edition was aged in 30% French barrels. A selection from alluvial soils, it...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.94 $19.60
12 bottles: $16.60
This beautiful wine has aroma's of ripe fruit with fresh and spicy notes. The annins are soft and round with a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.36 $11.51
This is a deep red burgundy colored wine. The nose is of red fruits like raspberries and wild strawberries. Some...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $12.26
Dark red color. Ripe red fruit on the nose with hints of vanilla, chocolate, tobacco and hazelnut. Powerful yet well...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $127.44 $141.60
Deep and serious with black olives, blackberries, blueberries, tobacco leaf, sweet red capsicum, ash, dried meat and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $394.60
A round and savory red with chocolate, plums and hazelnut. Hints of roses petal and tobacco too. Full body plus round...
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Barbera Cabernet Sauvignon Carignan Listan Bianco Chile Valle Central Maipo Wine

For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.

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.

Chile has a long and rich wine history which dates back to the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century, who were the first to discover that the wonderful climate and fertile soils of this South American country were ideal for vine cultivation. It has only been in the past forty or fifty years, however, that Chile as a modern wine producing nation has really had an impact on the rest of the world. Generally relatively cheap in price,Whilst being widely regarded as definitively 'New World' as a wine producing country, Chile has actually been cultivating grapevines for wine production for over five hundred years. The Iberian conquistadors first introduced vines to Chile with which to make sacramental wines, and although these were considerably different in everything from flavor, aroma and character to the wines we associate with Chile today, the country has a long and interesting heritage when it comes to this drink. Chilean wine production as we know it first arose in the country in the mid to late 19th century, when wealthy landowners and industrialists first began planting vineyards as a way of adopting some European class and style. They quickly discovered that the hot climate, sloping mountainsides and oceanic winds provided a perfect terroir for quality wines, and many of these original estates remain today in all their grandeur and beauty, still producing the wines which made the country famous.

Chile is a fascinating country when it comes to wines and viticulture, and by far the most internationally renowned wine region in the country is the Valle Central. This expansive valley is located close to the Chilean capital of Santiago, and stretches between the Maipo Valley and Maule Valley, a long, winding fault through the mountainous regions of the country which is now almost completely covered by vineyards producing wines of exquisite character. The region itself may well be associated with the 'New World' of wines, but in actual fact, vineyards have been cultivated around the Maipo valley since the 16th century, when settlers from Europe brought vines across the ocean with which to make sacramental wines. A wide range of grape varietals thrive in the hot climate of Valle Central, from the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot vines the country is most famous for, to Syrah, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Carmenere.