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Lots of crushed black and blue fruit on the nose with licorice and crushed gravel, too. Hints of tobacco. It’s...
750ml
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$21.10
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The 2018 Barbe Blanche is beautifully layered and full of character. Rose petal, cracked black pepper, mint, sage and...
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$42.80
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This estate is regaining its rightful place in the prestigious crus classés. Richly textured, this latest release...
750ml
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$24.94
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This wine is young but has great potential. The tannins shine, balanced with powerful black fruits and a solid, dense...
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A wine that will take time to balance out, this has dense, dark and dry tannins at this stage. These underline the...
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750ml - Case of 12
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Fresh red currant and bitter cherry notes are laced with floral and chalk notes. Piercing in feel through the finish,...
750ml
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Sweet berry and floral aromas follow through to a medium body with nicely integrated tannins and a deliciously juicy...
1.5Ltr
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$84.20
6 bottles:
$82.52
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 De Sales rocks up with expressive blackberries and black cherries notes with an...
750ml
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$39.83
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 De Sales rocks up with expressive blackberries and black cherries notes with an...
750ml
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$35.60
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$32.68
This is good-quality. Fresh acidity gives a strong lift on the finish, all backed up by fruit, spice and tannins....
750ml
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Blackcurrant, blackberry, pencil-lead, cedar and dark-chocolate aromas. Some vanilla bean, too. It’s medium-to...
750ml
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Located just south of CussacFort-Médoc, du Retout has 34ha of vineyards for red wines, sitting on clay/gravel and...
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$36.95
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$36.21
Sweet black cherry on the nose. This is tight and deep, but here everything is held together and in balance, if...
750ml
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$59.94
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$58.74
From the partner estate to Château Giscours, this wine is as elegant as you would expect. While it is structured, it...
750ml
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$17.28
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$16.93
The quality of the vintage shows in this wood-aged wine. Rich black fruits and still-young tannins are combining to...
750ml
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One of the greatest wines that this domain has produced in Bruno Borie's era, the 2018 Ducru-Beaucaillou sneaks up on...
Montepulciano Mencia Red Bordeaux 2018
Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.
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.