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Bottle: $20.85 $21.59
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The 2022 Les Deux Albion Blanc is largely Viognier and Marsanne, and the Viognier really shows on the nose with its...
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750ml
Bottle: $33.45 $35.20
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Fresh, earthy and inviting, with tasty red currant and violet perfume melded with smoked bacon fat, tobacco, turmeric...
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Aromas and flavors of blackberries and wild strawberries are accented by notes of peppercorns, tobacco, peonies, and...
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Based largely on Sauvignon Blanc with a smaller amount of Viognier, the 2022 Micro-Cosme Sauvignon Blanc And Viognier...
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This cuvée is made from Cabernet Franc old vines and is partly oaked. The wine has a beautiful garnet color, a nose...
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Fruit-filled Cabernet Franc, lightly spiced on the nose and backed-up with soft tannins and ripe redcurrant and...
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Bottle: $79.80
A very balanced wine, with powerful aromas but also a lot of finesse, revealing floral notes, red fruits, scents of...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.11
Beautiful ruby color. Classic aromas of blackcurrant, pepper and backing spices. Earthy and savory on the palate with...
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Pale lemon in color with aromas of white peach and apple blossoms. Fresh and clean on the palate with notes of key...
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Bottle: $17.72
Pale lemon in color with aromas of white peach and apple blossoms. Fresh and clean on the palate with notes of key...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.41
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Mostly Viognier, the 2022 Côtes Du Rhône Blanc will give Guigal’s Côtes Du Rhône a run for its money. Fresh...
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A blend of 60% Clairette and 20% each of Grenache and Roussanne, aged half in barrels and half in tank, the 2022...
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This rich, complex and particularly elegant cuvee is made with a majority of Roussanne grapes grown in limestone soil...
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Tension and freshness are the watchwords in this cuvee, born of a limestone terroir, which charms by its citrus notes.
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Bottle: $57.67 $64.08
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750ml
Bottle: $19.60
12 bottles: $15.83

Cabernet Franc Petite Sirah Syrah White Rhone Blend

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.

Petite Sirah was first brought from France to America in the 1880s. It later went on to become one of the only grapes to make it through the devastating Phylloxera virus in the 1890s, both World Wars, and the Great Depression. During Prohibition, it was a main ingredient used to make sacramental wines. In fact, through the 1960s it was a major blending grape in a number of the finest wines produced in California.

By itself, a bottle of Petite Sirah usually has no problem making a quick impression on consumers. With a large amount of natural color and tannins, wines made with the grape commonly feature intensive sweet fruit characteristics like fresh raspberry or blackberry jam, black pepper spice, and plenty of backbone or structure.

There are a number of different styles available. Some concentrate on highlighting fresh, fruity flavors; others are bigger, more voluptuous; and it keeps going up the ladder until you reach the powerful, more machismo-style category.

Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.

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.