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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$146.86
With a higher proportion of Merlot (92%) than usual, this is a round, ripe wine released at just 20% of normal...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2013
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$135.95
With a higher proportion of Merlot (92%) than usual, this is a round, ripe wine released at just 20% of normal...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2014
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$497.72
The 2014 Vieux Château Certan is glorious stuff that has more personality and sexiness than just about every other...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2014
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$186.95
The 2014 Vieux Château Certan is glorious stuff that has more personality and sexiness than just about every other...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2014
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$200.28
The 2014 Vieux Château Certan is glorious stuff that has more personality and sexiness than just about every other...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$311.95
I was able to taste both the 2015 and 2016 grand vins, and these are heavenly, magical wines that could not be any...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2016
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$919.44
Just as good, yet in a different style, the 2016 Vieux Château Certan shows cooler notes of crème de cassis,...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2016
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$858.28
Just as good, yet in a different style, the 2016 Vieux Château Certan shows cooler notes of crème de cassis,...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$470.45
Just as good, yet in a different style, the 2016 Vieux Château Certan shows cooler notes of crème de cassis,...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$413.35
Just as good, yet in a different style, the 2016 Vieux Château Certan shows cooler notes of crème de cassis,...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2017
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$535.45
Possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2017 Vieux Chateau Certan is a blend of 81% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 5%...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2017
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$535.45
Possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2017 Vieux Chateau Certan is a blend of 81% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 5%...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$218.45
Possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2017 Vieux Chateau Certan is a blend of 81% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 5%...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$229.11
Possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2017 Vieux Chateau Certan is a blend of 81% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 5%...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2017
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$208.12
Possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2017 Vieux Chateau Certan is a blend of 81% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 5%...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2018
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$624.95
$658.40
Barrel Sample. While the tannins give this wine a firm character, it is the perfumed, ripe Cabernet Franc that is so...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$318.18
Barrel Sample. While the tannins give this wine a firm character, it is the perfumed, ripe Cabernet Franc that is so...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$287.78
Barrel Sample. While the tannins give this wine a firm character, it is the perfumed, ripe Cabernet Franc that is so...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$318.63
One of the wines of the vintage, the 2019 Vieux Château Certan unfurls in the glass with a striking bouquet of...
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Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 2019
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$299.05
One of the wines of the vintage, the 2019 Vieux Château Certan unfurls in the glass with a striking bouquet of...
Cachaca Melon de Bourgogne Red Bordeaux Txakoli
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.
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.