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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.94 $23.99
12 bottles: $22.48
This seductive red offers a lot to like, with ripe red fruit and toasted aniseed notes showing an invigorating layer...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.79
12 bottles: $49.40
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $124.95 $128.80
A showstopper, this is chewy, smoky and broad-shouldered in the best possible way. Reveals layers of blackberry and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $128.80
6 bottles: $128.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $124.95 $128.80
Opulent and broad, with a generous cascade of ripe plum and winey cassis notes wrapped in talc-fine yet sturdy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $128.80
6 bottles: $128.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $128.80
6 bottles: $128.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.81 $15.59
12 bottles: $13.99
Micro-Cosme Rouge carries the Vin de France designation due to its unique production method. The wine is made from...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.93
12 bottles: $36.19
92-94 The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Du Baron, which has not been bottled yet, should be terrific. It offers...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.70
12 bottles: $27.27
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.70
12 bottles: $27.27
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.80
12 bottles: $28.22
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.94
12 bottles: $20.52
Sixty acres of terraced vineyards surrounding the property. Average vine age is 30 years old.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $61.54 $65.20
A perfumed nose of spiced cherries, forest berries, dried thyme, cloves and a touch of leather, too. It's full-bodied...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.94 $47.60
Juicy and direct, with tasty raspberry and blackberry coulis notes backed by anise and apple wood accents. Shows...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $39.62
Lots of ripe black cherry fruits, graphite, ground pepper, and some leather nuances emerge from the 2020 Châteauneuf...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.54
Deep ruby red in color with aromas of blackberry and plums on the nose. Broad and concentrated on the palate with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $217.50
93-95 In the same ballpark, the 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Le Plateau comes only from the Mont Redon plateau and is a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.90
12 bottles: $46.94
The deeply fragrant nose pulls you inexorably into this majestic Chateauneuf. So vibrant and refined for this amount...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.90
12 bottles: $13.62
88-90 The 2022 Côtes Du Rhône Reserve checks in as 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah that's mostly from the limestone...
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Carmenere Gamay Mencia Red Rhone Blend

The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.

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.