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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.59 $31.54
Tight and polished with a beautiful center palate and density. Full-bodied, ripe and polished. Really delicious fruit...
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91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $41.32 $47.22
This unique, zero-dosage Champagne boasts the perfect balance of dryness and sweetness resulting in a clean, crisp...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $25.19 $28.79
In 1955, a group of wine growers from the village of Mardeuil, a small village on the hillsides of Epernay, joined...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $28.00 $32.00
This lively Champagne is bright and balanced, with spicy mineral and graphite accents underscoring the poached pear,...
WS
91
VM
90
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.88 $17.71
91-92 A medium-bodied red with plum and berry. Soft and refined with nice, ripe and creamy tannins. Very polished.
JS
92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.30 $55.20
A 2012 with currant, wet earth and walnut aromas and flavors. Full body, firm tannins and a savory finish. Give it...
WA
92
JS
92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.52 $40.60
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.50 $68.00
A velvety and broad offering, with a mix of melted licorice, warmed plum and mulled blackberry notes. The toasty...
WS
89
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.13 $26.44
Plenty of plums, bark and violets on the nose. It’s full-bodied with tight, integrated tannins and a chewy finish....
JS
93
JD
92
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $7.70 $11.00
Aromas of red fruits, jams and cassis complemented by soft notes of pastries and yeast fruit of its aging in contact...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.66 $36.18
The idea here is to make a village wine, basically, though it’s sold and marketed as a Gutswein or Estate bottled...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $14.78 $17.60
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.55 $21.20
Teppo can be translated as ‘tempo’ or ‘time.’ This is Riesling that shows the importance of waiting,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.65 $30.46
Partially fermented in barrique, the NV Franciacorta Brut Rosé is an accessible blend of 40% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot...
WA
91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $39.55 $45.20
A bubbly with richness and verve, this cuvee offers lilting apple tart, creme brulee and lemon verbena flavors that...
WS
94
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.25 $19.72
Bold and fruit-driven on the nose with aromas of blackberries and toasted oak. Elegant flavors of dark fruit, black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.15 $18.46
Medium garnet-purple colored, the 2016 N°2 de Maucaillou has a spicy nose of olives and redcurrants with...
JS
91
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.38 $45.00
The 2019 Virginie de Valandraud has turned out nicely, delivering aromas of sweet berry fruit, pencil shavings and...
WA
90
WS
90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $31.50 $36.00
Notions of spiky lemon zest and rounded shortbread vie for dominance on the wine's lively nose. These opposing...
WE
93
DC
92
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $34.83 $39.80
Evocative redcurrant notes play on the nose. They become more intense on the palate where lively fizz lets them mix...
WE
94
DC
91

Champagne Blend Red Bordeaux Riesling End Bin Wine In-Store or Curbside pickup

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.

Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.