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750ml
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$41.74
12 bottles:
$40.91
Very aromatic and bright with currants and orange peel on the nose. Full body, velvety tannins and a delicious...
3.0Ltr
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$195.00
Very beautiful and perfumed with floral and fresh cherry character. Medium-bodied, silky and creamy with a lovely...
750ml
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$98.40
A very pretty rosé with dried-strawberry and apple aromas and flavors. Some spiced-pear and iron undertones....
750ml
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$384.48
$427.20
Effectively half-and-half Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this is a tremendous wine. With very fine tannins, spice from a...
1.5Ltr
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$205.00
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$200.90
Fantastic aromas of crushed plums and blackberries. Perfumed! Full-bodied and very silky with stone undertones. Best...
750ml
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$75.95
$82.40
Barrel Sample. While this powerful wine does have considerable over-extraction, it also has swathes of ripe berry...
750ml
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$87.75
$97.50
While I wasn’t able to taste the 2015, the 2014 Château Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse is fabulous stuff and well...
750ml
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$57.61
Spicy, rich and full of ripe fruit, this wine has great potential. It is structured and dense while bringing out a...
750ml
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$77.95
This is a complete wine, full of both tannins and great swathes of ripe fruit. It has a serious side as well in its...
750ml
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$163.83
12 bottles:
$160.55
This is real powerful and sexy with a voluptuous style of ripe fruit, mushrooms and wet earth. Leafy. Full and...
750ml
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$99.90
$101.50
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$95.29
Barrel Sample. Superripe fruits dominate this wine. It is generous and full in the mouth, the tannins and structure...
750ml
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$111.78
$124.20
Intense aromas of minerals, chalk, bright cherries and stones. Full-bodied, tight and silky; very linear. Like a...
750ml
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$47.25
12 bottles:
$46.31
I like the floral character, which highlights the aromas of currants and berries. Full body and a firm and tight...
750ml
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$53.25
12 bottles:
$52.19
The 2014 Carbonnieux is not showing as I expected although I tasted another bottle soon afterwards in Bordeaux. This...
750ml - Case of 3
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$831.00
This has dreamy aromas already, with notes of Lapsang souchong tea, smoldering cigar and cold charcoal wafting up...
1.5Ltr
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$249.95
6 bottles:
$244.95
A tight and subtle wine with very pretty ripe-fruit character and chocolate. Medium to full body. Needs time to open....
Champagne Blend Red Bordeaux Riesling Sangiovese 2014 Wine
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.
The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.