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Red
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Bottle: $25.95
12 bottles: $25.43
From Marco: Rotburger, Sankt Laurent, Blauburger, Merlot and a few white vines, probably planted unintentionally, who...
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Bottle: $31.95
12 bottles: $31.31
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.92 $18.33
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Lively lavender aromas elevate the dark berry and thyme scents on the nose of this bottling. The core of blueberry...
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Bottle: $56.65
6 bottles: $55.52
A rich and chewy red with blackberries, dark plums, currants and baking spices. Full body with firm tannins. Serious...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.79
12 bottles: $34.09
Wild Strawberry, Raspberry, Blood Orange, Black Cherry, Rosemary, Violet, Baking Spices.
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Bottle: $31.93 $33.60
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.93 $22.00
12 bottles: $19.76
The 2021 Involuntary Commitment Red Wine is made of 56% Cabernet Franc, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 3%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.94 $83.20
12 bottles: $78.34
The flagship from this great estate is the 2018 Sorella, a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated blend (8% each of Cabernet...
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Red
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Flirting with triple digits, and perhaps the best Sorella yet, the 2019 Sorella explodes from the glass with a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.08 $21.20
Richly concentrated, juicy and dense with ripe dark cherry, accentuated by nuances of warm spice and dark chocolate....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.80 $12.13
Fresh and firm with a fine tannin texture. Delicious berries with some citrus undertones. Vegan. Drink now.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $12.35
Dark cherry with violet hints. A surprise for the nose, with fine toasty hints that come from the last mouth. The...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $60.79
6 bottles: $59.57
AN is the iconic flagship wine of Anima Negra. Made primarily from indigenous Callet grapes (95%) with a touch of...
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Bottle: $36.94
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ÀN/2 is a perfect introduction to the wines of Mallorca. This unique red is made from old vine Callet,...
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750ml
Bottle: $20.08
12 bottles: $19.68
The wine shows a ruby red and violet color of medium intensity. The nose is very fresh and fruit-driven with notes of...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.40
12 bottles: $32.73
I also tasted the 2022 Anza where he added the grapes of one more plot in Laguardia. The wine has his house style of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.80 $72.00
The 2021 Anza Especial was produced with the idea to obtain a wine with aging potential while keeping the freshness...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.58 $14.30
12 bottles: $11.40
Our Apothic Merlot is a silky, approachable red wine grown in California. Notes of blackberry and boysenberry are...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.43 $12.03
This limited release red wine blends luscious red fruit flavors with notes of caramel and chocolate for a velvety,...

Melon de Bourgogne Merlot Mencia Red Blend

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.

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.