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The Réserve Spéciale Bordeaux Rouge is made from a selection of wines from the best terroirs in Bordeaux. Tastings...
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The Réserve Spéciale Bordeaux Rouge is made from a selection of wines from the best terroirs in Bordeaux. Tastings...
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The Réserve Spéciale Bordeaux Rouge is made from a selection of wines from the best terroirs in Bordeaux. Tastings...
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This is so delicious now with plum, chocolate and hazelnut character. Full-bodied, layered and yummy. Round tannins...
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You can tell that this is ripe with so much plum and peach character, yet it remains fresh and vivid. Medium to full...
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Blackberry, blueberry, graphite, clove, tobacco and mahogany on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm,...
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Pretty aromas of crushed blueberries, with sliced mushrooms that follow through to a full body and chewy tannins with...
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Shows a toasty profile, with well-roasted tobacco leaf and charcoal notes coating a core of steeped plum and...
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A juicy and chewy young Bordeaux with chocolate, berry and walnut character. Medium to full body and polished...
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The 2016 L'Evangile Blason de l'Evangile is another brilliant second wine that delivers the goods. Showing a more...
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Blason de L’Evangile is selected from the same vats that are used to make the Grand Vin. It has characteristics...
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Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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A beautiful second wine with black olives, tapenade, black berries, plums and chocolate. Medium to full body. Lovely...
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A beautiful second wine with black olives, tapenade, black berries, plums and chocolate. Medium to full body. Lovely...
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An elegant and mineral red with a medium body and tight, fine tannins. Stony, with fresh red-fruit and citrus notes....
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Fruilano Red Bordeaux Viognier Pre-Arrival

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.

Although primarily associated with the Rhone region of France, the precise origins of the Viognier grape variety are unknown, and the subject of much debate. However, these fine and delicate green skinned grapes are an important varietal for many of France's most elegant white wines, and they are quickly beginning to spread around the New World, too, where wineries are discovering their unique qualities and unusual character. Viognier grapes are notoriously difficult to grow, due to the fact they are highly susceptible to mildew, but wineries persevere with them nonetheless, producing wines which are highly aromatic and have a great, fruit-forward character. Their delicate aroma suggests sweetness due to its flowery, sappy nature, but the wine itself generally very dry and crisp, and full of summery, light and refined qualities.