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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Red plum, currants and cedar aromas with a touch of earthy goodness. This wine is medium to full-bodied and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.69
12 bottles: $38.90
Aromas of currants, cedar and violets follow through to a medium body and fine tannins with a lovely, light velvety...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.94
This full-bodied, hardy red maintains an element of freshness throughout. An underlying herbaceous and earthy tone...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.99
A brilliant crimson hue in the glass hints at this Merlot’s generous palate of rich, ripe red fruit. Notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.99
Wonderfully aromatic and fruity, blending silky flavors of blackberry, cherry, and blackcurrant.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $6.99
With a soft and elegant mouthfeel, this wine has deep flavors of rich cherries and jammy blackberries, followed by...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
Always one of the richer more textured Pessac whites, and it lives up to type in this vintage, given a welcome sense...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.83 $35.88
12 bottles: $32.98
92-94 The 2021 Carbonnieux Blanc has a relatively spicy bouquet, very slight touches of muscat filtering through the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.90
12 bottles: $19.50
A hint of cream and marzipan to the profile of green fruit. Sliced green apples, kiwis and gooseberries. Bright and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
Lemon and lime zest on the nose, smells bright and vibrant with crisp green apple. Fun and playful with a short of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.45 $18.80
This Graves is distinguished by its high percentage of Sémillon, sourced from vineyards in the greatest white wine...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.80
12 bottles: $37.04
The 2020 Laroque is even better than the en primeur sample. Dark and enveloping, with tons of class, Laroque is a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $37.80 $39.61
12 bottles: $37.63
Barrel Sample. Citrus and crisp white apples go with the wine's mineral texture. It is balanced, full of white fruits...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $69.94 $72.84
Beautifully wood aged, with subtle hints of spice, this is an elegant, textured wine, ripe with white fruit tones and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.90
12 bottles: $14.60
A stunning value in white bordeaux, this wine is packed with pretty perfumes of white flowers and citrus fruits (pink...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.45 $11.00
Chateau Souverain Merlot opens with dark red fruit aromas reminiscent of black cherry, plum, and fresh blueberries...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
A dense, fruity white with sliced lemon, apple and some dried pineapple. It’s full and flavorful. Quite layered....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.45 $11.00
This medium-bodied Merlot delivers aromas of spice, plum and blackberry with the perfect balance of earth, cocoa and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
This vibrant and alluring Merlot draws you in with fragrances of ripe raspberry, Bing cherry and red currant, as well...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.94
This Merlot opens with aromas of blueberry, subtle spice and rose petals with hints of cocoa. Balanced in style, this...

Ice Wine Merlot White Bordeaux Rapid Ship

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.

France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.