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375ml
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$49.83
Very fruity with strawberry and currants on the nose. Full bodied, with silky tannins and a long, fruity finish....
750ml
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$153.00
12 bottles:
$144.78
Blackberry and licorice aromas, with full body, very fine tannins and a long finish. Very silky. So much for jammy...
750ml
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$1579.23
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The 2003 Lafite Rothschild comes as close to perfection as any of the great Lafites made over the past three decades...
750ml
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$286.74
$318.60
This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and...
375ml
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$31.29
One of the nine crus bourgeois exceptionnel, this estate is under the ownership of the Cazes family of Château...
750ml
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$80.19
12 bottles:
$78.59
Very ripe and raisiny on the nose. Full bodied, with big velvety tannins and a fruity, juicy finish. So much going on...
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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$1029.25
Amazing! The limestone soils of Ausone appear to have been the perfect foil for resisting the extreme heat and...
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Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$125.45
The most beautifully situated chateau, with its great view of the Gironde estuary, Beychevelle is another of those...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$383.84
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$167.06
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
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$182.51
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Cantemerle Haut Medoc 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$60.80
This is a ripe, complete wine, full of black fruits, spicy wood and solid tannins. Over five-10 years, it will...
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Chateau Clinet Pomerol 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$123.44
Loads of blackberry, toasted oak and chocolate here. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and lots of fruit. This is a...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$232.40
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
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$315.42
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau D'armailhac Pauillac 2003
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$190.54
Very fruity with strawberry and currants on the nose. Full bodied, with silky tannins and a long, fruity finish....
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Chateau D'armailhac Pauillac 2003
750ml - Case of 6
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$108.28
Very fruity with strawberry and currants on the nose. Full bodied, with silky tannins and a long, fruity finish....
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Chateau D'issan Margaux 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$111.24
A beautiful red with blackberries, flowers and chocolate. Full body, velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Sous...
Melon de Bourgogne Mencia Red Bordeaux 2003
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.
There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.