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Right now, at 20 years old, this wine is approaching its perfect drinking beginning - by which I mean it is now...
750ml
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$149.84
$162.00
I love this wine and it totally stands up today, as it has done every time I've tasted it recently - it's pretty much...
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Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2001
750ml - Case of 12
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$569.19
Easily one of the most impressive Bordeaux 2001s that you can find. Full of liquorice, lashings of textured chocolate...
750ml - Case of 12
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$65.28
Bright cherry and mineral aromas. Full- to medium-bodied, with a solid core of fruit and a fine, silky finish. Nicely...
750ml - Case of 12
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$224.95
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Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien 2001
750ml - Case of 6
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$151.33
A harmonious balanced wine, showing fine, fresh acidity. The tannins have closed in somewhat, but you can taste the...
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Chateau Branaire Ducru Saint Julien 2001
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$97.70
This is a marvelously complete wine, with its impressive ripe fruit, shining through the open structure. It is firm,...
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Chateau Canon Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2001
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$450.90
This famous St-Émilion is a 1er Grand Cru Classé (B) property, planted with 30% Cabernet Franc and 70% Merlot, is...
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Chateau Canon Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2001
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$182.51
This famous St-Émilion is a 1er Grand Cru Classé (B) property, planted with 30% Cabernet Franc and 70% Merlot, is...
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Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux 2001
750ml - Case of 12
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$110.01
The style of Cantenac-Brown is generally softer, richer than other Margaux, and this 2001 is no exception. It has a...
750ml - Case of 6
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$716.48
The 2001 Cheval Blanc has a slightly more expressive and less feral bouquet compared to the 2000, perhaps better...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2001
750ml - Case of 12
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$204.18
Gorgeous, a clear step up from the 2000 vintage as it approaches its second decade. This is not quite ready to drink,...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 2001
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$189.49
Moderately saturated ruby-red. Aromas of redcurrant, cedar and tobacco. At once juicy and soft, with currant and...
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Chateau Duhart-Milon Pauillac 2001
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$127.45
The Rothschilds are making enormous investments in this estate, so I’m expecting a breakthrough effort to emerge...
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Chateau Figeac Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2001
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$269.83
This has a dark, alluring profile, with mulled plum, fig and black currant fruit allied to a rather plush structure,...
Gros Manseng Poulsard Red Bordeaux Sherry 2001
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.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.