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750ml - Case of 12
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$33.52
Fruit-filled Cabernet Franc, lightly spiced on the nose and backed-up with soft tannins and ripe redcurrant and...
1.5Ltr
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$156.06
$173.40
The 2017 Saumur Brézé Les Arboises, from the south-facing monopole that was planted on sand and silt topsoil over...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$167.95
3 bottles:
$164.59
This shows great tension between the firm but ripe tannins and the intensely flavored palate, which displays notes of...
375ml
Bottle:
$18.00
12 bottles:
$16.63
100% Cabernet Franc. Les Picasses is the most famous Chinon lieu-dit, close to the village of Beaumont-En-Véron on...
750ml
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$26.95
100% Cabernet Franc. Les Picasses is the most famous Chinon lieu-dit, close to the village of Beaumont-En-Véron on...
750ml
Bottle:
$17.50
12 bottles:
$17.15
Jammy black plum and blackberry aromas include hints of oak, varietal spice and herbal notes. A healthy palate is...
Pre-Arrival
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$600.62
The 2017 Le Bourg exemplifies the site's characteristic power and structure. This is not a wine that you should buy...
Pre-Arrival
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$187.95
A sense of minerality with gunflint on the nose, almost a tertiary character, giving the impression of a cooler...
Pre-Arrival
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$264.95
Set for release in November 2022, the 2017 Les Poyeux is a delightful wine. While waiting for the winemaker, I was...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$94.95
If there's a Cabernet Franc vineyard you need to know in the Saumur Champigny - or the Loire or the world for that...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$72.82
The 2017 Saumur Brézé Les Arboises, from the south-facing monopole that was planted on sand and silt topsoil over...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$49.16
This shows great tension between the firm but ripe tannins and the intensely flavored palate, which displays notes of...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$79.94
The 2017 Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard didn't show any heat or excess ripeness from a warm and dry year....
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$80.22
A supple, fluid red, this exhibits black currant, black cherry, iron, tobacco and toasty oak flavors. This firms up...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$428.38
A gorgeous, young wine, the 2017 Bolgheri Superiore Matarocchio is rich and sumptuous, with generous dark fruit,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$38.95
Robe: This wine offers the robe of a lively red with lovely violet highlights.
Nose: The wine presents itself...
Altesse Cabernet Franc Listan Negro Sherry 2017 Wine
Cabernet Franc is not simply an important grape varietal for the fact that it is one of the most widely grown strains of vine in the world, but also because it is a vital grape in the production of many of the finest wines the world has ever seen. For centuries in its native France, it has been a varietal synonymous with elegance and high quality, and has become a key fruit in the production of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux-style blended wines which have gone down in history thanks to their magnificent flavors, aromas and levels of aged complexity. However, Cabernet Franc is also a wine grape varietal for use in single variety, unblended wines, and has plenty to offer on its own. Most commonly, it is renowned for its wide bouquet, which often includes fascinating notes of tobacco, violets or bell pepper over a beautifully pale and decadent liquid.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.