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750ml
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$53.20
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$49.40
Love the combination of dark berries, sweet tobacco and wet earth here. Full-bodied, juicy and chewy with lots of...
750ml - Case of 12
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$13.93
This has aromas of boysenberries and dark berries with a wealth of bracken and gently tarry aromas, too. The palate...
375ml
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$85.50
12 bottles:
$83.79
#58 Top 100. I was able to taste the 2016 Château Beychevelle on two occasions, and it showed beautifully both...
750ml
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$133.11
$147.90
#58 Top 100. I was able to taste the 2016 Château Beychevelle on two occasions, and it showed beautifully both...
750ml
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$52.88
12 bottles:
$51.82
Delicate nose of grilled meats, pepper, and earth. Intense creamy palate of black fruit, oak spice, and perfumed...
750ml
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$69.92
12 bottles:
$68.52
Love the perfumed and sweet aromas with cinnamon, nutmeg and blackberries. Medium to full body, firm and silky...
750ml
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$33.90
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$33.22
Undoubtedly the best of the three Dulucs, it takes a bit of the best of each of the other two. Fascinating that the...
375ml
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$41.61
#16 TOP 100, 2019. The core of this red is loaded with pure plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors. The...
375ml
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$63.90
The 2016 Brane-Cantenac is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Carmenere picked...
750ml
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$101.43
$112.70
The 2016 Brane-Cantenac is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Carmenere picked...
750ml
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$33.94
12 bottles:
$33.26
91-92 Tight and tangy with pretty dark berries and chocolate, walnuts and spices. Medium to full body, chewy tannins...
750ml
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$46.50
12 bottles:
$45.57
This estate, with vineyards in the suburbs of Bordeaux, has produced an elegant wine. Black fruits, taut tannins and...
375ml
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$123.46
An enticing nose oscillating between pure black fruit and fine spices that becomes more floral in character after...
750ml
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$175.95
$187.50
An enticing nose oscillating between pure black fruit and fine spices that becomes more floral in character after...
750ml
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$24.60
12 bottles:
$22.23
This rich wine is built by generous tannins and dense black-plum fruits. A hint of dark chocolate offers depth and an...
1.5Ltr
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$238.45
$242.20
6 bottles:
$238.00
Rated 98 - The 2016 Canon la Gaffeliere has a deep garnet color. It bursts on the scene with exuberant notes of juicy...
375ml
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$61.50
Rated 98 - The 2016 Canon la Gaffeliere has a deep garnet color. It bursts on the scene with exuberant notes of juicy...
750ml
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$98.55
$109.50
Rated 98 - The 2016 Canon la Gaffeliere has a deep garnet color. It bursts on the scene with exuberant notes of juicy...
750ml
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$162.95
$180.00
Composed of 74% Merlot and 26% Cabernet Franc and aged for 18 months in 70% new French barriques, the 2016 Canon is...
375ml
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$26.90
Plenty of menthol, blackberry and blackcurrant aromas in this elegant, medium-weight Haut-Médoc that’s got as much...
Gamay Mencia Red Bordeaux
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.