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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $85.37
Pale gold, the 2009 Climens offers up a fabulously fragrant nose of green tea, chamomile, powdered ginger, lemon...
DC
97
WA
97
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $87.00
Pale gold, the 2009 Climens offers up a fabulously fragrant nose of green tea, chamomile, powdered ginger, lemon...
DC
97
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97
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $67.94
Pale lemon-gold colored, the 2016 Climens is a little youthfully mute, revealing notions of ripe peaches, mango and...
WA
96
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95
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $42.11
One of the top sweet wines in this report is the 2016 Château Coutet, which has the vintage’s plush, opulent style...
WE
97
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97
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $42.35
One of the top sweet wines in this report is the 2016 Château Coutet, which has the vintage’s plush, opulent style...
WE
97
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97
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $428.03
Pale to medium gold colored, the 2009 d'Yquem bursts from the glass with gregarious crème caramel, allspice, dried...
WA
100
WE
100
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $1101.91
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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99
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99
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $206.86
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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99
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99
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $382.28
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
JS
99
JD
99
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $405.28
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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99
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99
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $104.45
Pale to medium gold in color, the 2009 de Fargues drifts effortlessly out of the glass with gorgeous honeysuckle,...
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97
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97
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $174.95
A barrel sample, the 2016 de Fargues has a pale lemon color and quite a profoundly scented nose at this nascent...
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97
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $67.94
The 2009 Guiraud is one of the gems of Sauternes this vintage, one of the finest offerings in recent years. It has a...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $104.10
Forward in feel, with a bold mix of ginger, creamed peach and mango flavors, laced with orange zest and spice notes....
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89
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $60.95
Intense peach, mango, ginger and chutney notes form the core here, which is broad and open in feel, backed by toasted...
WS
90
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $59.95
A step up over the Carmes de Rieussec, the beautiful 2016 Château Rieussec has remarkable purity and freshness while...
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97
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97
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $54.94
95-97 Barrel Sample. This is a dense wine, full of rich fruit, bitter orange and apricot. Its ripe fruit is balanced...
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97
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $63.97
95-97 Barrel Sample. This is a dense wine, full of rich fruit, bitter orange and apricot. Its ripe fruit is balanced...
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97
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $59.94
This shows fantastic graphite and dark-berry character with black-stone undertones and hints of dried roses....
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99
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96
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $54.87
Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium...
WS
97
JS
97

Port Blend Recioto Semillon/sauvignon Blanc 2009 Pre-Arrival Wine

Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.


Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.