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Chapelle D'ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$181.95
A smooth wine, rich for the vintage, with black currant and bright fruits and a strong underlay of wood. The acidity,...
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Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$378.20
Intense and enticing campfire smoke, this has beautiful rich fruits behind the grilled aromatics, and is open and...
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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$537.73
While there is certainly plenty of wood here, the wine has weight and impressive concentration for the year. The...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$158.01
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$89.95
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$95.94
Good bright ruby-red. Plum, currant, coffee, graphite, tobacco and licorice on the nose, lifted by a peppery...
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Chateau Certan De May Pomerol 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$87.12
Medium red-ruby. Perfumed, complex nose melds redcurrant, tobacco, mocha, cocoa powder and licorice. Broad, sweet and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$548.21
There is plumpness to the black fruit that gives beautiful impact on the attack, and here it combines with a...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$562.84
There is plumpness to the black fruit that gives beautiful impact on the attack, and here it combines with a...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2007
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$314.95
With its perfumed aromas, this is a wine that has richness and sweetness, with soft velvet power. It has an intense...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2007
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$156.95
With its perfumed aromas, this is a wine that has richness and sweetness, with soft velvet power. It has an intense...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$161.39
With its perfumed aromas, this is a wine that has richness and sweetness, with soft velvet power. It has an intense...
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Chateau Du Tertre Margaux 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$60.30
The wood that dominated during the futures tastings in 2008 has calmed down, merging more easily into the rich...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 2007
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$208.05
A difficult year in theory but, as with many of the good names in Bordeaux, it is tasting excellently right now and...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$194.28
A difficult year in theory but, as with many of the good names in Bordeaux, it is tasting excellently right now and...
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Chateau Duhart-Milon Pauillac 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$107.97
Showing better than it did from cask, this soft, generous, dark ruby/purple-tinged 2007 exhibits sweet black currant...
Macabeo Pinot Blanc Red Bordeaux 2007 Pre-Arrival Wine
Pinot Blanc is a popular white grape varietal most commonly associated with the beautiful French region of Alsace, but which is also grown across Central Europe and Italy. In Germany and Austria it is known as Weisseburgunder, in Italy it is called Pinot Bianco, and is one of the key varietals in the alpine regions of Alto Adige. Pinot Blanc is the main white grape varietal in Alsace, where it is prized for its ability to beautifully express the fine terroir on which it is grown, and it is used to produce exceptional single varietal wines, as well as blended wine such as Edelzwicker. Pinot Blanc is also a key component in this part of France’s signature sparkling wine, Cremant d’Alsace.
The wines made from Pinot Blanc are typically medium to light bodied, but they possess a remarkable freshness and clean character, which reminds us of the cool, green hillsides of their homeland. Apple, honey and biscuity, yeasty flavors are typical in fine Pinot Blanc wines, as well as a good level of minerality, making it a popular choice for those looking to pair a fine white wine with a wide range of foods. Although it is almost never oaked in Alsace, Italian vintners have a tendency to age Pinot Bianco in oak barrels, adding an extra dimension to this wonderful varietal.
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.