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This isn't sweet, but just so wonderfully rich. It's the concentration of botrytis that makes the wine. The texture...
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12 bottles:
$239.40
Barrel sample. This is the rich wine of the vintage. With its intense fruit, piles of spice, but excellent balance,...
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$390.15
$433.50
Barrel sample. This is the rich wine of the vintage. With its intense fruit, piles of spice, but excellent balance,...
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$244.95
$252.00
Befitting a glorious Sauternes vintage, the 2007 Yquem stood out in this tasting like a beacon. Sandrine Garbay notes...
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$534.00
Befitting a glorious Sauternes vintage, the 2007 Yquem stood out in this tasting like a beacon. Sandrine Garbay notes...
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$414.18
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Barrel sample. Impressively balanced, with the fruit rich, intense with a golden glow. The acidity is as important as...
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$229.84
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Pale to medium lemon-gold color, the 2010 d'Yquem has retreated into its shell at this youthful stage, offering...
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$417.15
$463.50
Pale to medium lemon-gold color, the 2010 d'Yquem has retreated into its shell at this youthful stage, offering...
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$234.00
Bright aromas of sliced mangoes, papaya, botrytis, and lemon follow through to a full body. Medium sweet with a...
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$235.50
Barrel Sample. Apricot tones with lively acidity give this rich wine a vein of freshness. Pear and white peach notes...
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Barrel Sample. Apricot tones with lively acidity give this rich wine a vein of freshness. Pear and white peach notes...
750ml
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$422.55
$469.50
Following a very long harvest stretching nearly two months, the 2015 Château d'Yquem came in at 13.9% alcohol and...
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The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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$235.50
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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$468.00
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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$219.94
$239.60
This is a great Yquem, delivering thrilling purity and intensity. The nose offers intense aromas of fresh and dried...
750ml
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$449.92
$481.20
This is a great Yquem, delivering thrilling purity and intensity. The nose offers intense aromas of fresh and dried...
375ml
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$195.48
$217.20
The 2018 d'Yquem is all lime cordial, grapefruit oil and mandarin peel to begin. With a little coaxing, the fireworks...
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$405.00
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The 2018 d'Yquem is all lime cordial, grapefruit oil and mandarin peel to begin. With a little coaxing, the fireworks...
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$201.15
$223.50
Owners LVMH took the decision to delay the release of the 2019 Yquem until spring 2022. It was tasted with winemaker...
Cortese Mencia Primitivo Semillon/sauvignon Blanc
The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.