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Red
750ml
Bottle: $799.95 $820.20
Bright red. Pure aromas of strawberry, flowers, soy sauce, espresso and minerals. Then clean and straightforward on...
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93
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93
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $79.94
6 bottles: $78.34
This eight-year-old Calvados « Finition en Fûts de Porto » (Porto cask finish) stayed several months in small...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $298.35 $331.50
The bouquet of the Ducru-Beaucaillou 1995 offers an array of fresh fruit, blackcurrant, plum, spices and liquorice...
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WA
95
Red
750ml
Bottle: $112.76
12 bottles: $110.50
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $1099.98 $1222.20
I pulled this lone bottle out of my cellar at the last minute to remind some Italian vintners of the great quality of...
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98
WS
96
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $325.08 $361.20
This estate's second wine, the 1995 Pavillon du Chateau Margaux, may turn out to be one of the most delicious...
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89
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89
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
12 bottles: $35.22
An average of seven years old, Manoir de Montreuil Réserve includes some brandies up to 20 years old in the blend....
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92
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
The apples are a mixture of the four categories: sweet, bittersweet, acidic and bitter composed of numerous include...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $79.94 $82.80
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.63 $35.40
6 bottles: $27.60
A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 2 years in oak casks....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $44.95 $48.00
6 bottles: $44.05
A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 3 years in oak casks....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.89 $52.80
12 bottles: $48.89
Calvados made from a majority of pears can have a wild, volatile edge, that I find here in this six-year-old bottling...
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92
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $40.94 $43.20
12 bottles: $40.12
This three-year-old bottling from AOC Domfrontais is made from 70% pears and hearkens back to old-school Calvados in...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.94 $34.80
12 bottles: $33.26
It is distinguished by intense aromas of fresh apples. Its color is clear with pale yellow undertones. It is ideal to...
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Spirits
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $65.40 $69.60
12 bottles: $64.09
This Hors d'Age release comes from a careful blend of barrels from three vintages. It shows deep green apple, vanilla...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $36.79
6 bottles: $33.31
Baked, ripe, and candied apple leap from the glass. The amber color suggests the mouthfeel - voluptuous, rounded and...
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93
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $72.99
6 bottles: $71.53
Deep aromas of red apples and dark caramel. Clean and pure flavors of cinnamon, caramel custard, and baked apples all...
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92
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $697.66
Flower and berry character, with hints of clove and black pepper. Full-bodied and very rich, with decadent flavors....
WS
96
WA
93
Case only
Long-term Pre-Arrival
Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $96.00
The 1995 Branaire-Ducru has a generous bouquet that might be a tad riper than the 1996 with blackberry, dark plum, a...
VM
91
WS
91

Calvados Red Bordeaux 1995 NV

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.