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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.74
12 bottles: $40.91
Very aromatic and bright with currants and orange peel on the nose. Full body, velvety tannins and a delicious...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.94 $35.40
Very pretty and finely formed with currant, cherry and raspberry character. Medium to full body, firm and silky...
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91
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.94 $36.70
Very pretty and finely formed with currant, cherry and raspberry character. Medium to full body, firm and silky...
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93
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91
Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.80
You can tell that this is ripe with so much plum and peach character, yet it remains fresh and vivid. Medium to full...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.93
12 bottles: $37.17
Blackberry, blueberry, graphite, clove, tobacco and mahogany on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.83 $32.20
12 bottles: $29.45
Blackcurrant, sandalwood and rose-petal aromas follow through to a medium body with very fine tannins and a fresh,...
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Case only
Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $16.13
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.93 $30.20
12 bottles: $27.55
Case only
Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $223.00
Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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94
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90
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $92.78
Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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Case only
Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $73.43
A beautiful second wine with black olives, tapenade, black berries, plums and chocolate. Medium to full body. Lovely...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
Brouilly is one of the Cru Beaujolais, which are known for producing excellent, food friendly, underrated wines at a...
White
750ml
Bottle: $62.85
12 bottles: $61.59
Toasted sesame, date, walnut bread and cocoa notes mingle here, giving this a solid bass line, while a racy ginger...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.94 $43.09
Pretty and racy, offering streaks of singed almond, dried orange peel, tangerine and peach, with a tangy salted...
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90
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.93 $13.43
Dark forest fruit leading the nose, with touches of green bell pepper. Fruit forward, savoury finish. (Bronze) - DWWA...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.90 $13.43
12 bottles: $12.76
A beautiful red colour with garnet glints An expressive and complex nose, with primary aromas of toast, vanilla and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $510.48 $567.20
Lead-pencil aromas with currants and plums, too. Full body, silky tannins and a focused and very refined finish. It's...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $498.95 $516.00
While few people get excited about second wines, the reality today is that the top estates are making such a strict...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $384.75 $427.50
Exquisitely fine tannins to the currant, lead-pencil and chocolate character. The palate is full, yet very refined...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $486.63 $540.70
The second wine of the estate, the 2019 Carruades De Lafite offers a beautiful, Lafite-like bouquet of crème de...
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Gamay Mencia Red Bordeaux Sercial

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

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.