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Domaine Les Pallieres Gigondas Les Racines 2018
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$48.81
The precise blend for this cuvée hadn't been finalized at the time of my visit, so the sample I tasted of 2018...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$163.60
Almost entirely Grenache from two old-vine parcels that include more sand than the domaine's other plots, the 2018...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$43.84
Juicy and youthfully compact, with a ball of cassis, raspberry paste and melted red licorice that has yet to unwind...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$102.12
Tasted from bottle, the 2018 Châteauneuf du Pape Colombis comes from a single lieu-dit and is 100% Grenache brought...
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$571.45
$580.99
This lush and silky version absolutely drips with cherry paste, kirsch and raspberry pate de fruit flavors, infused...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$57.78
The 2018 Gigondas L’Argnée Vieilles Vignes, which is almost 100% Grenache from pre-phylloxera vines, is a...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$180.22
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$127.22
Ripe and silky in feel, with waves of creamed plum, blackberry and cherry fruit gliding along, while licorice snap,...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$43.95
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M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$78.78
I’d put the 2018 Châteauneuf du Barbe Rac up against anything in this vintage. Coming from 100% Grenache brought...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$69.45
The 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Croix De Bois showed beautifully, with the upfront, perfumed style of the vintage....
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$156.95
Such a beautiful nose with notes of white pepper, baked strawberries, sage, thyme, bark and rose petal. Full-bodied...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$89.33
A dreamy wine, with a plume of incense, mulled raspberry and red tea aromas curling up from the glass, followed by a...
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Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$269.12
Brilliant ruby. Intense blackberry and cherry aromas are complicated by suggestions of exotic spices, olive, cracked...
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Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot 2018
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$227.95
Brilliant ruby. Intense blackberry and cherry aromas are complicated by suggestions of exotic spices, olive, cracked...
Altesse Melon de Bourgogne Red Rhone Blend 2018 750ml
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.