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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.31 $12.57
This wine, with its Mediterranean scents, offers a rich play of supple aroma, notably ripe fruit and spices.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.93
12 bottles: $42.07
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.93
12 bottles: $26.39
This ruby red wine is very complex and elegant with aromas of red currant, red cherries, black berries with spicy...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.25
This wine is a blend of three classic grape varieties from the Chateauneuf du Pape area: Grenache, Syrah and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.57
This classic Côtes du Rhône shows a beautiful pomegranate color. The taste is soft and spicy, with a smooth...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.65
12 bottles: $13.38
A fruity Cotes-du-Rhone with raspberries, cherries and sweet spices. Medium body with velvety tannins. Supple and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.60
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.89 $12.50
12 bottles: $11.65
It is a garnet-red colored wine with a blue hue. Its scent of ripe fruit is dominated by black currants underlined...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $34.37 $36.18
12 bottles: $29.81
D’Usse was developed as a brand and is a bit cagey about age and appellation. It’s curiously dark amber for a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.91
12 bottles: $17.55
Bramble and red plum notes are fresh and round in this medium-bodied red, with accents of garrigue, mineral and anise...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $82.81 $86.40
Piquant hits of shaved peppercorn and clove lend warmth to rich, glossy black plum and mulberry in this penetrating...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $103.14
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Grand Vin showed consistently (this is the third time I’ve tasted this from barrel),...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.20
12 bottles: $21.50
Raspberry, violet, licorice, peony, black pepper and gingerbread. Greatly textured with prominent saltiness and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.99
12 bottles: $23.51
Raspberry, violet, licorice, peony, black pepper and gingerbread. Greatly textured with prominent saltiness and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.89 $40.79
Rich and warm in style, with a velvety flow to the mix of violet, plum paste, black currant compote and licorice root...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $68.95
6 bottles: $67.57
Moving to the single vineyard releases, the 2020 Vinsobres Guerin comes from lower down on the hillside and more...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.90 $40.79
Winey and muscular, with cassis and bitter plum reduction notes leading the way, while baker's chocolate, tobacco and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $63.85
6 bottles: $62.57
Lastly, the 2020 Vinsobres Les Côtes has an almost Côte Rôtie-like vibe in its black raspberry, spring flower,...
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Cognac Marsanne Mencia Red Rhone Blend

For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.

Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.

Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.