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The quality of tannins in the Pavillon Rouge is really beautiful with extremely fine grain. It’s medium-bodied,...
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A terrific effort, the 2017 Meyney is a concentrated, nicely structured wine in the vintage that’s going to have a...
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$34.24
The ever-increasing quality requirement for Château Montrose and La Dame de Montrose, and the increasingly precise...
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Extremely perfumed Mouton with currants and crushed berries. Hints of roses and other flowers. Tight and extremely...
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$306.00
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Very perfumed and subtle with dried flowers and citrus, as well as blue fruit. Full-bodied with wonderfully diffused,...
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The 2017 Phélan Ségur is medium to deep garnet-purple colored with pronounced cassis, black raspberries, kirsch and...
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A lovely, classic bouquet of blackcurrant, blackberry, and other black fruits with an attractive floral flourish. On...
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$104.99
This has ethereal transparency to it with a fresh, red-berry and cherry nose. Terra-cotta and dried-flower notes....
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Sleek and pure, with cassis and cherry fruit racing along, showing light lilac, iron and savory nuances. Features a...
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$109.20
This is tight and focused with a super precise palate of blackberries, blackcurrants and hints of flowers. Full body,...
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Yum. Wonderful aromas of crushed berries, wet earth, sweet tobacco and fresh leather. Full body. Very tight,...
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This luscious, ripe wine is both balanced and generous. Acidity comes from the freshness of the vintage, bringing out...
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$103.14
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Wonderful depth of fruit here with blackberries, wet earth, mushrooms, dark chocolate and violets. Full-bodied, tight...
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$66.80
$72.60
Complex aromas of intense blackcurrant, dark cherries, plums and hints of chocolate, violet and leafy notes. Generous...
750ml - Case of 12
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$43.32
Open and perfumed, the 2017 Tronquoy-Lalande bursts with aromas of sweet blackberries, spices and cherries. Medium to...
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The 2017 Troplong Mondot is stunning, just as it was en primeur. Rich and ample, yet endowed with striking energy as...
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$337.20
A very pure nose that exudes poise and precision, in every aspect of this wine’s composition. Aromas of violets,...
Grenache Red Bordeaux 1986 2017 750ml
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.
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.