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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.00
Leathery and earthy nuances with touches of black pepper under lots of dark fruit aromas. Very dense and smooth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $74.90 $78.20
12 bottles: $69.94
Sweet dark fruits on the nose, like black cherry jam with lovely touches of Cabernet Franc apparent in the herbal,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.90
12 bottles: $31.26
First vintage that I have tasted from this estate, purchased in 2006 by Bernard Magrez and renamed from Château le...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.93 $46.00
12 bottles: $44.03
#22 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. Wow. This shows so much intensity, with black-olive, blackberry, meat and earth...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
A juicy red with plum and berry character, as well as dried chocolate. It’s full-bodied and chewy with a long,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
A slightly richer style of Corbin than we have seen in some recent vintages but it is entirely successful. Plum and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $62.80 $63.48
93-95 Barrel Sample. This rich and juicy wine is full of black fruits. The tannins are ripe and integrated into the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $66.85 $71.88
Fresh currants and raspberries pop out of the glass, together with oranges and cedar. Such purity of fruit in the...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.84
12 bottles: $14.54
Soft and velvety in texture, this wine is full of ripe fruit. Cushioned by the texture, the tannins are dense enough...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.70 $10.43
Owned by the Aubert family, this estate has produced a well-balanced wine. Tannins and spice lie easily with the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.70 $35.50
Such a beautiful red with currants, blackberries and some walnut and stone undertones. It’s medium-bodied with a...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $43.89
Gorgeous aromatics include cherry, aniseed and menthol freshness, in a medium-bodied palate evoking Burgundian...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $43.94
Seriously good, the 2019 Château Fonroque shows the elegance and classic style of the vintage while bringing plenty...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.93
Structured, full of promise and with layers of black fruits and tannins, this ripe wine is set for aging. The...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.83
Juliette Bécot (also of Château Beau-Séjour Bécot in Saint-Émilion) has done great work in this vintage! The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
This shows blueberry and blackberry character with some stone and mineral undertones. It’s medium-bodied, solid and...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.94
Lots of ripe black cherries, mulberries, Christmas spice, incense, and dried flower notes emerge from the 2019...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $58.59 $63.00
Juicy and flush, with steeped red and black currant and plum fruit flavors, this has a generous edge from start to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $84.70 $91.08
Coming from an incredible terroir on the Côte Pavie, which is a south-facing hillside of clay and limestone soils,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $111.54 $119.94
The flagship 2019 Château Léoville Poyferré is based on 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and the balance Petit...
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Red Bordeaux Sake White Rhone Blend 2019 Rapid Ship

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.

The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the historic wineries and skilled vintners of the area. The secret to the Rhone's success when it comes to blended white wines is the careful and expert selection of certain grape varietals, which each lend special features to the blended wine and bring balance and harmony to the bottle. Most commonly, blended white Rhone wines feature no more than two grapes of either the Viognier, Rousanne, Marsanne or Grenache Blanc varietals, and are renowned for their exceptional flavors and highly aromatic, floral character.