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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $20.08
12 bottles: $17.58
Ripe, plummy aromas and flavors. Medium body. A hint of vanilla coming through at the end. Balanced, tasty finish....
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $32.93 $35.64
6 bottles: $28.80
Very thick and expressive with golden raisin and molasses notes, followed by peach jam, mineral and spice flavors....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.81 $15.34
Color: Streaks of garnet giving way to intense ruby red. Nose: Candied fruits and spices that evolve into clean...
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500ml
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6 bottles: $26.40
The lovely result of a long wait. Bright colour with intense golden reflections, balanced bouquet with scents of...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
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COLOR: Gold color with copper notes NOSE: Rich, concentrated nose with notes of orange peel, acacia honey and...
White
750ml
Bottle: $169.50
12 bottles: $159.60
Sliced-apple and lime with some aniseed and licorice. Iodine, too. Full-bodied with linear acidity and a fine tannin...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $38.49
6 bottles: $37.72
This Graves is distinguished by its high percentage of Sémillon, sourced from vineyards in the greatest white wine...
White
750ml
Bottle: $25.50
12 bottles: $24.99
Fresh nose of gooseberry, bell pepper, sliced apple and white grapefruit. Some white pepper, too. It’s...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $15.89 $17.09
12 bottles: $15.57
This French dessert wine is from the beautiful Dordogne Valley. Aromas of apricots, melon and honeysuckle; smooth...
White
750ml
Bottle: $49.88
6 bottles: $48.88
The 2019 Château Latour-Martillac Blanc is terrific, offering a rich, concentrated, yet bright and racy style that's...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.95 $66.20
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#32 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. Aromas of grilled pineapple, clove, lemon peel, lime pith and green mango. White...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.70
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White
750ml
Bottle: $154.80 $156.00
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Aromas of green apple, lime, kumquat, fresh thyme, flint, stone and oyster shell. It’s medium-bodied with tangy...
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White
750ml
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96-98 Barrel Sample. In a line of great white wines from this estate, here is a superb vintage. It has all the...
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750ml - Case of 6
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There are two dry whites from this terrific estate. Starting with the 2019 Le Blanc Sec De Suduiraut, it reveals a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $44.94
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Rich and full of character, this has white peach, fleshy nectarine and soft citrus. An enticing, mouth-watering white...
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White
750ml
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This has a subtle yet serious nose of dried apples, crushed stones, fennel, lemon pith, white lavender and white...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $37.76
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The 2019 Clos Marsalette Blanc shows a riper, more tropical style while still saying fresh, lively, and crisp....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $119.94 $121.10
12 bottles: $113.91
I loved the 2019 Domaine De Chevalier Blanc, which has the crisp, racy, yet concentrated style of the estate that few...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $11.45 $12.05
24 bottles: $8.43
Warm and round with an elegant background of dried fruit and raisins.

Dessert Wine Marsala Negroamaro White Bordeaux 2019

Marsala is a well known fortified wine from Italy’s largest island, Sicily. A largely misunderstood and undervalued fortified wine, it is most commonly associated with its sweet variety - usually used as a cooking wine - although the finest dry Masalas are able to stand up to more revered, similar wines such as Sherry and Madeira. Marsala has been made in Sicily since the mid 18th century, and it grew wildly popular around Europe as sailors introduced it to port towns across the continent. Marsala wine has a beautiful set of flavors, most typically including apricot, tamarind, vanilla and tobacco, making it a delightfully intense treat when served as a sipping wine.



Marsala wine comes in several different varieties, and most of them are a world away from the sweet wines used in sauces and chicken dishes. Amber, golden and ruby versions of Masala are produced, from a range of different native grape varietals, and many of the finest are aged for over ten years to achieve a fascinating set of complex flavors and a remarkably smooth finish. It is usually made from the Grillo, Inzolia, Damaschino and Catarratto white grapes, although the ruby Masala wines uses typical Sicilian red varietals such as Nero d’Avola and Calabrese, among others.

One of the key grapes of the ever-growing Puglia wine industry is the Negroamaro, a native grape of this southern Italian region, famed for its deep, bloody red color and excellent set of flavors Indeed, many of the finest and most highly esteemed full bodied red wines of Puglia are made using the Negroamaro varietal grape, and it is grown most notably in the Salento area of the region, where it makes several types of red wine enjoyed locally and sold overseas. The name 'Negroamaro' means 'black-bitter', giving some clue as to one of the key features of the grape. Wines made with Negroamaro do indeed hold quite a lot of earthy bitterness, but generally are celebrated for their 'rustic' taste and extremely aromatic qualities.

France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.