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The 2016 Figeac reveals itself to a stunning wine from the very first whiff, such is its aromatic precision and...
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The 2016 Prélude de Fombrauge has a medium garnet-purple color and a lovely nose of black and red plums, warm...
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93-95 Barrel Sample. This is a perfumed wine, likely thanks to a dollop (7%) of Cabernet Franc. It has ripe fruit...
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Power and structure in abundance, but it’s the spellbinding acidity that propels this stunning effort skyward. A...
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This is tasting beautiful this year, very enjoyable fruit extraction that manages to be intense but not overdone. The...
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The 2016 La Closerie de Fourtet is a lovely second wine from Clos Fourtet. Pliant, supple and inviting, the 2016...
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Frank Phélan associates indulgent fruit, intense and compelling, with an elegant structure of silky tannins. It...
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Frank Phélan associates indulgent fruit, intense and compelling, with an elegant structure of silky tannins. It...
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This sophisticated Pomerol slowly creeps up on you, then suddenly you’re in the deep end. The complex and delicate,...
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This has attractive, glossy, ripe red-plum and licorice aromas with cedar, flowers and red berries, as well as a...
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This has attractive, glossy, ripe red-plum and licorice aromas with cedar, flowers and red berries, as well as a...
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#84 Top 100. I was lucky enough to taste the 2016 Château Gloria on multiple occasions and it’s unquestionably the...
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$42.30
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Barrel Sample. Powerful tannins and ripe fruits are the main characters here. With a solid, foursquare character, it...
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$38.80
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Attractive dark-stone aromas with graphite and ripe dark berries sit fresh on the nose. The palate has a riper feel...
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$54.94
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Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Grand Mayne features fragrant kirsch, redcurrant jelly and black plums...
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Coming from this vastly improved estate, this wine offers rich tannins, concentration, power and density. Blackberry...
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A neoclassical edition of Grand-Puy-Lacoste, this has cedar, graphite, deeply integrated cedar and spicy-oak...
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This is well built and powerful, not exactly subtle, but then none of these wines are. Instead you get complex,...
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The 2016 La Chappelle Haut-Bages Libéral is a gorgeous second wine that punches far above its weight. Pliant, supple...
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Very chewy and long already with ripe tannins and plenty of fruit suggesting tobacco and blackcurrant character. Long...
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.