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750ml
Bottle: $30.40
12 bottles: $29.79
Showing aromas of licorice, black plums, walnuts, spice box and oyster leaves. It’s firm and muscular, with a full...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $32.00
Tasted from barrel, the 2017 Fleurie exhibits notes of warm spices, ripe cherries and dried flowers. On the palate,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.94 $34.80
12 bottles: $33.26
The 2017 Fleurie Clos Vernay was unaffected by hail according to Frédéric Lafarge. It has a deep, blueberry and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.68
12 bottles: $25.17
Dark ruby-red with violet undertones. Complex wild berry notes framed by elegant oak spices. Blackcurrant, spicy...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $142.19
This wine was produced from a single vineyard that's a monopole, guided since 2008 by Édouard Labruyère. Blackberry...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $71.55
This wine was produced from a single vineyard that's a monopole, guided since 2008 by Édouard Labruyère. Blackberry...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $49.81
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $77.09
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $60.12
Aromas of black cherries, lavender and blue slate follow through to a full body, firm and fine tannins and a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $243.60
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $255.02

Gamay Montepulciano Ribolla Gialla Verdejo 2017

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.