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This is really delicious, with buttered-brioche and bread-dough character. It's full bodied but not heavy. Just rich...
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$146.40
Pure mature Chardonnay gives this Champagne richness and a full texture. It is impressive, its crisp character...
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$49.88
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$48.88
The 2016 Taillefer is a straightforward, easygoing Pomerol endowed with quite a bit of near and medium-term appeal....
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The perfume is reminiscent of orange blossom, pomegranate, chinotto orange and black plums, followed with ginger,...
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Light notes of tangerine, quince, orange blossom, almonds on the nose with just a touch of caramel and smokiness....
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One of the best Merlots I've tasted from Australia, Hickinbotham's 2016 The Revivalist Merlot does hint at cherry...
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$186.94
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$183.20
Disgorged in October 2019, Larmandier-Bernier's 2013 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Les Chemins d'Avize is...
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Disgorged in February 2022 as a brut zero (1g/L of dosage), Le Clos des Trois Clochers 2016 (100% Chardonnay) is...
750ml
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$241.20
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$240.00
A firm Champagne, almost crunchy in texture, with steely acidity framing notes of macerated blackberry and cherry...
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$79.93
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$78.33
Fantastic aroma of Mara des Bois strawberries. Very juicy with an explosion of strawberries and ripe nectarines....
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$132.00
Deep nose of preserved and candied lemons with bread dough and toasted baguette. Concentrated and well structured,...
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$47.52
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From the village of Les Riceys in the Aube, the Fontaines specialize in Pinot Noir blends. This Champagne is made...
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$115.20
A very elegant and silky vintage Champagne with a seamless harmony of candied citrus fruit, sushi ginger and dried...
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$69.94
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$68.54
Disgorged in December 2022 with two grams per liter dosage, Geoffroy's 2016 Brut Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru Empreinte...
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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.
Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.
Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.
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.