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Jeb Dunnuck97 points
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Robert Parker's97 points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2010
- Brand Domaine de la Charbonniere
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 15.5% Alcohol
Domaine de la Charbonniere Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Speciale Les Hautes Brusquieres 2010 1.5L"Jammy blackberry, stone, earth, Provencal herbs, black raspberry jam and spic..."$430.00 -
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Wine Spectator92 points
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Joe Czerwinski91 points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2013
- Brand Domaine du Colombier
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Domaine du Colombier "Cuvee Gaby" Crozes-Hermitage 2013"Denser than the regular Crozes rouge, like a dry vintage port with blueberry,..."$84.99 -
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Wine Enthusiast91 points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2013
- Brand Domaine du Colombier
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Domaine du Colombier Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2013"Florent and David Viale own nearly 17 hectares in the northern Rhône, where t..."$112.00 -
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Robert Parker's90 points
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Vinous91 points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2012
- Brand Domaine Michel & Stéphane Ogier
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Domaine Michel & Stephane Ogier "Le Village" Cote-Rotie 2012"Domaine Stéphane Ogier is a producer in the northern Rhône appellation of Côt..."$165.00 -
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Whisky Advocate92 points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2016
- Brand Vincent Paris
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Domaine Vincent Paris Les Cotes Saint-Joseph 2016"Domaine Vincent Paris is a relatively new but well-respected wine producer ba..."$85.00 -
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Greg Sherwood M96+ points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2015
- Brand Jean Luc Jamet
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Jean-Luc Jamet Cote Rotie 'Terrasses' 2015"The bouquet is bold, on beef stock, iron, dense black berries, has a poised, ..."$190.00 -
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Jeb Dunnuck94 points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2014
- Brand M.Chapoutier
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
M.Chapoutier "Les Granits" Saint Joseph 2014"One of Chapoutier's Flagship Wines from Saint Joseph"$189.99 -
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Robert Parker's90 points
- Variety Syrah
- Vintage 2009
- Brand Maxime Graillot
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Maxime Graillot Domaine des Lises Equis Cornas 2009"In France’s Northern Rhone Valley, there are few names as revered as Graillot..."$129.99 -
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Gary Walsh92 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2019
- Brand Punt Road
- Cellaring Ready, but will Keep
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Airlie Bank Sauvignon Blanc 2019"A fairly vigorous fruit thinning was called for in 2019, with about 20% of th..."$19.99 -
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- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2020
- Brand Andre Dezat
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Andre Dezat Sancerre 2020"The DEZAT family is one of the oldest wine-growing families in Sancerre. Refe..."$54.99 -
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Bob Campbell MW95 points
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Cameron Douglas94 points
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Michael Cooper5 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2019
- Brand Astrolabe
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2019"Considered to be one of New Zealand's finest producers, Astrolabe have built ..."$26.00 -
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Bob Campbell MW95 points
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Cameron Douglas94 points
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Michael Cooper5 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2020
- Brand Astrolabe
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2020"Considered to be one of New Zealand's finest producers, Astrolabe have built ..."$26.00 -
Sauvignon Blanc is a white grape, that has become incredibly popular, with increased plantings in Australia over the last 10 years. It grows best in the cooler wine regions.
Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Margaret River, Orange in New South Wales and Tasmania are all regions which produce wonderful examples of Sauvignon Blanc. The coolest vintages have “grassy”, gooseberry characters, whereas, warmer vintages show more passionfruit flavour, but still with the trademark zingy acidity. In Margaret River, Sauvignon Blanc is often blended with Semillon, this creates a perfect partnership and a fuller style of wine. In New Zealand, Cloudy Bay in the 1980s began producing stunning Sauvignon Blanc wines with extraordinarily intense nettly, gooseberry, and asparagus fruit, that set Marlborough firmly on the world wine map. Today Sauvignon Blanc is now New Zealand's trademark grape.
Sauvignon Blanc is an important white grape in France, especially Bordeaux and the Loire Valley. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux, where it is blended with Sémillon to produce Bordeaux Blancs and Cru Classé White Graves. Elsewhere in Bordeaux, it is also blended with Sémillon, to produce the amazing dessert wines of Sauternes. In the Loire Valley and particularly on the chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. The wines produced are very different to New World equivalents, they tend to be less pungent, more restrained, mineral with smoky, gunflint notes.
After initial problems, it is now grown very successfully in Chile. The wines are almost halfway between the Loire and New Zealand in terms of fruit character.