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750ml
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Lastly, the Syrah-dominated 2021 No 10 reveals a dense purple hue as well as a wild bouquet of blueberries, wild...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.89 $49.60
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Black cherry, mixed berry pie, cocoa, vanilla, white flowers, honey.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.50 $18.33
It is simultaneously Bold and Balanced, Rich and Smooth, Fruit Forward and Earthy. It is impossibly dark and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $53.89
Deep black hue in color with notes of ripe, wild black fruit and hints of graphite and tar. Fine tannins, full...
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750ml
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The 2021 Syrah Campbell Ranch is a touch youthfully reticent from its recent bottling, taking plenty of time to...
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Red
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• Farmed by Randy Peters, this vineyard outside of Sebastopol in western Sonoma County (Northern edge of the...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $7.41
Astica Syrah presents a ripe blackberry aroma with a smooth, round, fruity palate.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.94
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Big rich fruit aromas of blue berry and smoke. Full bodied and bold, upfront and direct. (Bronze) - DWWA 2023
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Fresh and deeply pitched wine with violets, dark berry and cassis fruit and savoury edges. Powdery tannins and...
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Red
750ml
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.43
A deep ruby-red color, with hints of violet. The promise of blackcurrant, blueberry, wild cherry, black pepper,...
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White
750ml
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Simply delicious Melon de Bourgogne! Just the right amount of acidity and final dryness to keep it well balanced....
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750ml
Bottle: $74.90 $80.80
A very refined and delicate Cote-Rotie with wonderful floral complexity. Graceful palate that feels almost...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $19.60
12 bottles: $17.58
Our cool climate, estate grown Syrah offers generous aromas of black pepper, coffee and berry. On the palate, flavors...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
• Certified organic. • 100% Syrah. • Limestone soil with lots of pebbles. • Partially de-stemmed. •...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.48
12 bottles: $18.11
The aromas and palate structure that are typical of this grape variety, are enhanced by the warmth of Sicily, which...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.64 $19.60
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A consistently great McLaren Vale Shiraz. Generously rich with amazing fruit weight and balanced, chewy tannins....
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750ml
Bottle: $19.90
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The Lionheart of Dandelion Vineyards is our old vine Barossa vineyard. These ancient, gnarled vines, many over a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.50
12 bottles: $16.17
Lots of cherries, blueberries and plums with some dried herb and cured meat aromas. Medium-bodied with plush tannins....
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Melon de Bourgogne Syrah 2021

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.

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.