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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.50
12 bottles: $21.07
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94 $31.19
Shows lovely focus and persistence, with a prominent thread of bitter almond that runs from start to finish, while...
WS
92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.89 $24.79
Lush and fruit-forward, with hibiscus accents to the raspberry and plum core, adding mineral and spice details around...
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89
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.86 $22.40
A fresh, spicy carmenere loaded with fruit. Dark cherries, tobacco, pepper, spices and touches of paprika, dark...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.44
Deep crimson red in color with intense, lingering aromas of red berry fruit, cherry, myrtle and juniper. Elegant and...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $20.19 $21.25
6 bottles: $12.62
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $20.19 $21.25
6 bottles: $12.62
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $20.19 $21.25
6 bottles: $12.62
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $21.09 $22.20
6 bottles: $13.00
This bright ruby-red wine with violet tones and plums and spices aroma, delights with the softness and balance in...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $21.09 $22.20
6 bottles: $13.00
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $21.09 $22.20
6 bottles: $13.00
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $25.31 $26.64
12 bottles: $19.15
Intense nose of toffee, coconut, spicy fruitcake and chocolate; rich and concentrated, well-integrated sweetness,...
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90
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.94
Impressive Petit Verdot with ripe berry, violet and chocolate. Hints of green coffee. It's fully bodied, chewy and...
White
500ml
Bottle: $27.94
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White
500ml
Bottle: $27.94 $30.00
Dusty toffee and dried stone-fruit aromas are pure and inviting. This is ultra crisp and fresh, with ripping acidity....
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92
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92
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White
500ml
Bottle: $28.93 $30.00
González Obregón’s wines occupy a central place in Lustau’s Almacenista line. Three of its eight labels are...
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93
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91
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White
500ml
Bottle: $29.94 $31.20
The non-vintage Oloroso Pata de Gallina, Almacenista Garcia Jarana, also a dark amber, offers smoke, earth, and...
WA
91
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $24.40
In spite of the massive tarte-tatin character in the nose, this is mouth-filling but bone dry and powerful with a...
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92
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92
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94 $25.20
This is a ripe, honeyed style of Sherry with deep brown sugar and cinnamon aromas. Its solid palate is under control...
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92

Carmenere Petit Verdot Sherry

The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.

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.