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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.93 $14.30
12 bottles: $12.67
Raspberry and currant notes on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with chewy tannins. Fresh acidity and fleshy texture on...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.93
12 bottles: $42.07
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.91
12 bottles: $17.55
Bramble and red plum notes are fresh and round in this medium-bodied red, with accents of garrigue, mineral and anise...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $103.20
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Grand Vin showed consistently (this is the third time I’ve tasted this from barrel),...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.20
12 bottles: $21.28
Delivers a nice saturated feel without being heavy, letting cherry and plum paste notes unfurl slowly, along with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.89 $40.79
Rich and warm in style, with a velvety flow to the mix of violet, plum paste, black currant compote and licorice root...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.90 $40.79
Winey and muscular, with cassis and bitter plum reduction notes leading the way, while baker's chocolate, tobacco and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.89 $36.79
Rich and well-built, this offers up a serious dark core of black currant and plum reduction flavors supported by...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.94 $47.60
Juicy and direct, with tasty raspberry and blackberry coulis notes backed by anise and apple wood accents. Shows...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.94 $33.60
12 bottles: $31.92
Shimmering ruby-red. Spice-accented raspberry and cherry aromas are complemented by musky garrigue and floral...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.93
12 bottles: $34.23
Nicely rendered, with waves of warmed cassis, plum pâte de fruit and raspberry reduction rolling through, carried by...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.61
12 bottles: $31.96
A mostly foudre-aged blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape features resinous notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $73.94
6 bottles: $72.46
Glistening ruby-red. Ripe red and blue fruits, potpourri, incense and exotic spices on the expansive nose. Stains the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.95
6 bottles: $27.39
All the colors of pepper and star-anise notes give this alternative “Chateauneuf” a very striking personality. A...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.65
12 bottles: $13.38
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $28.36
Perfumed black cherry and raspberry aromas mingle with darker scents of leather, wild herbs, and smokiness....
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $21.72
Deep magenta. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe cherry, boysenberry, lavender, black tea and smoky minerals....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.93
12 bottles: $32.27
Notes of sun-drenched black cherry and strawberry preserves are sonorous in this fruit-forward, piercing blend of 90%...
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Grappa Mencia Red Rhone Blend 2019

Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.


Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.