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750ml
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30-60 year old vines located north of the Lac de Grandlieu. Vineyards are planted densely with 7,000 vines per hectare.
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A terrific value in Syrah from the Northern Rhône, the 2014 La Champine offers notes of violets, raspberries and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $53.41
Bright and concentrated red fruit on the nose and palate. This wine is an opaque ruby color with a medium body and...
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750ml
Bottle: $388.20
The 2014 L'Ermite comes from a charming, moderately concentrated vintage, but you wouldn’t know that by tasting...
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Red
750ml
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Blended of 81% Syrah, 8% Petite Sirah, 6% Mourvèdre, 4% Touriga Nacional and 1% Graciano, sourced from 34% The Third...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $205.37
Syrah was first planted on the estate in 1978. After making wine from the few remaining vines in 1991 and 1993, a...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $277.74
Incorporating a touch more Viognier than normal, the 2014 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard is 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier from...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $53.28
A very balanced wine, with powerful aromas but also a lot of finesse, revealing floral notes, red fruits, scents of...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $131.59
Glass-staining ruby. Vibrant, mineral-accented dark fruit and floral pastille scents are complemented by hints of...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $144.44
Dark purple. A powerful, highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, candied licorice, olive paste,...
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750ml - Case of 6
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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $158.99
Pretty, with an alluring core of gently steeped cherry, plum and blood orange fruit flavors, carried by gentle cedar...
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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $203.95
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $108.65
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750ml - Case of 12
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Fresh in feel, with light bay leaf, pepper and dried violet notes leading a core of gently steeped plum and bitter...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
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Solidly ripe, with a ball of cassis and blackberry puree forming the core, laced with bright, mouthwatering sanguine,...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $135.89
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $223.54
Rated 98-100 - As always, the 2019 Côte Rôtie La Landonne is all Syrah that was not destemmed and will spend four...
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Melon de Bourgogne Syrah 2014

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.