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In the 19th century, it was a common practice of the time to “hermitage” the wines. Bordeaux chateaux would add...
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Deep aromas of violets, blackberry, and forest. Leather and black currant on the palate with hints of black pepper....
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A classic Paso Robles style wine, with a bouquet of blackberries and crushed flowers. Subtle notes of mint and...
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To be drunk in its youth (in the first 3 years) to enjoy its superb fruit aromas. Or to be open from the 5th year to...
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Montchenot is a range released many years after the harvest. I tasted the 2013 Montchenot 10 años that was only...
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Red
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Released only now, Georg Prieler’s 2013 Blaufränkisch Ried Marienthal Oggau am Neusiedlersee displays a dark and...
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Bottle: $638.00
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $76.02
95-96 This is a special project with only 10 barrels of 85% cabernet sauvignon and 15% cabernet franc. It's...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $217.85
A brilliant wine from winemaker Chris Carpenter and the Kendall-Jackson family, this blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon...
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Bottle: $221.95 $224.69
The 2013 Nicolás Catena Zapata is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Malbec from the La Pirámide, Adrianna...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $323.09
In the 19th century, it was a common practice of the time to “hermitage” the wines. Bordeaux chateaux would add...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $119.49
The wine shows an opaque black-purple color and an intense, complex bouquet of ripe fruit, wild herbs, toasted bread,...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $498.54
The 2013 Cariad Proprietary Red Wine, a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 9% Petit...
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750ml - Case of 3
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Another perfect wine from Ann Colgin and her winemaking team is the 2013 IX Proprietary Red Estate, a blend of 68%...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $250.12
Impressive purity of fruit and definition with blackcurrant, oyster shell, blueberries and slate. Graphite, too. Very...
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Readers looking for a great intro into this estate, as well as a terrific value, should check out the 2013 Cotes du...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $61.59
This is a pretty third wine of Dominus, showing freshness and richness at the same time. Full-bodied, juicy and rich...
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Blaufrankisch Grenache Red Blend 2013

The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.


For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.