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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.80 $42.00
The top-of-the-range 2020 Luz Carménère feels closed, serious and austere, even in a warm and dry year like 2020....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.10
The 2020 Carménère Massal 1945 from Almahue, Cachapoal, was made in used barrels and foudres for 12 months. Garnet...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $45.19
12 bottles: $44.29
From 40-year-old vines on sandy soils, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc is a blend of Clairette, Roussanne and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.66 $42.80
• Practicing organic. •70% Marsanne, 30% Roussanne. • 40+ year old vines. • Rocky gravel terroir. •...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.10
12 bottles: $24.60
Very smoky and flinty in the nose, this is a powerful and exciting dry white for the Southern Rhone. So much...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $7.70 $11.00
Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Roussane, from vines of an average age of 20 years, planted on sandy and clay slopes...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.00
COLOR: Straw yellow. PERFUME: Fine and persistent with notes of fruit, citrus and floral. TASTE: Dry, balanced and of...
White
750ml
Bottle: $30.94
12 bottles: $30.32
The 2020 Crozes Hermitage Blanc from Guigal is a total charmer, with classy apple blossom and citrus-like fruits as...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $229.00
95-97+ Showing tight and focused, the 2020 Ermitage Ex Voto Blanc has full-bodied aromas and flavors of peach and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $32.89 $33.60
12 bottles: $32.23
90-92 A prebottling sample assembled from barrel and tank, the 2020 Saint-Joseph Blanc is a strong effort. Scents of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.19
12 bottles: $15.87
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.34
12 bottles: $17.42
A medium-to full-bodied carmenere with lots of dark, grilled cumin, black beans, olives and smoked meat. Dry and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.50
12 bottles: $12.25
Peach, white flowers, and a hint of pineapple all emerge from Chapoutier’s 2020 IGP Pays D'Oc Marius Blanc, a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.93 $22.00
12 bottles: $19.53
As always, this Carmenère is intense red color with a violet hue. It offers numerous aromas of tremendous intensity....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $89.90 $94.80
A consistent Purple Angel that really delivers the carmenere’s plushness when ripened well. Dark olives,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.84
12 bottles: $28.26
The medium gold-hued 2020 Vacqueyras Mineral Blanc is outstanding and has a clean, age-worthy style in its ripe stone...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.92 $17.49
12 bottles: $15.83
Displays a gravel-and-loam cast, with a core of herb-accented cherry and plum flavors, ending with fine,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.00
Wine of intense violet color. It offers aromas of blackberries and plum with graphite and coal on a masculine nose....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.59
12 bottles: $12.35
Aromas of red plums, raspberries, chocolate orange, leaves, green olives and toasted bread. Medium-bodied with very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.57 $25.08
12 bottles: $18.24
Red fruit aromas, with cedar and bold notes. On the palate it is fresh and fruity with flavors of cherry and hints of...

Carmenere Insolia White Rhone Blend 2020

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.

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.