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Robert Parker's100 points
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James Suckling97 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2009
- Brand Chateau Bellevue Mondotte
- Cellaring None
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Chateau Bellevue Mondotte 2009"Chateau Bellevue Mondotte is a small estate in Saint-Emilion, they produce a ..."$650.00 -
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Richard Hemming16.5 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2009
- Brand Chateau Saintongey
- Cellaring None
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Chateau Saintongey Vieilles Vignes 2009"From the producer - "We immediately perceive a good maturity of the grapes in..."$35.99 -
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- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2009
- Brand Château Sixtine
- Cellaring None
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Cuvee du Vatican Cotes du Rhone Villages 2009"Felicien Henri Desire Diffonty founded Chateau Sixtine in 1900 in the Chateau..."$28.99 -
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Jancis Robinson17.5 points
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Wine Enthusiast92 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2010
- Brand Bosquet des Papes
- Cellaring Ready, but will Keep
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Domaine Bosquet des Papes Cuvee Tradition Chateauneuf du Pape 2010""From lieux-dits Esquirons, 3 Coups, Boursan, Mont Redon, Bosquet, Terres Bla..."$154.99 -
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- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2009
- Brand L'Union des Vignerons
- Cellaring None
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Le Prieure Cotes du Rhone Villages 2009"Producer in Cotes du Rhone."$28.99 -
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2009
- Brand M.Chapoutier
- Cellaring None
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône La Croix des Grives 2009"Maison M. Chapoutier is one of the most recognizable and sizeable producers i..."$28.99 -
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Jancis Robinson16.5 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2015
- Brand Domaine Leroy
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Maison Leroy Bourgogne Rouge 2015"Domaine Leroy is a negociant/wine producer based in the Côte de Nuits region ..."$499.99 -
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Whisky Advocate92 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2013
- Brand Montepeloso
- Cellaring Ready, but will Keep
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Montepeloso A QUO Toscana 2013"The wine is excellent in combination with steaks, beef carpaccio with sliced ..."$86.00 -
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James Suckling93 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2014
- Brand Suertes del Marques
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Suertes del Marques Listan Negro 7 Fuentes Valle de la Orotava 2014"The regular 2014 7 Fuentes is a village blend of some 35 separate plots, situ..."$54.00 -
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- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2019
- Brand A.A. Badenhorst
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 12.0% Alcohol
AA Badenhorst Secateurs Cinsault Blend 2019"Just in from South Africa, wines from Adi Badenhorst. The Badenhorst family f..."$30.00 -
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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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United Cellars94 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2017
- Brand Alain Jaume et Fils
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 15.5% Alcohol
Alain Jaume Chateauneuf Du Pape Le Miocene 2017"70% Grenache noir, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre. An intense dark-ruby colour. The..."$69.99 -
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Joe Czerwinski91-93 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2018
- Brand Alain Jaume et Fils
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 15.0% Alcohol
Alain Jaume Chateauneuf Du Pape Le Miocene 2018"70% Grenache noir, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre. An intense dark-ruby colour. The..."$80.00 -
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Jeb Dunnuck94 points
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United Cellars96 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2016
- Brand Alain Jaume et Fils
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Alain Jaume Cotes Du Rhone Les Champauvins 2016"Intense, brilliant garnet-red colour. It reveals lovely fruit, loads of body ..."$24.99 -
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Jeb Dunnuck91-93 points
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Mark Faber95 points
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Nick Butler92 points
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2015
- Brand Alain Jaume et Fils
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Alain Jaume Lirac 'Clos Sixte' 2015"Intense inky colour. On the nose, aromas of red and black ripe fruit (kirsch ..."$34.99 -
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- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage NV
- Brand All Saints Estate
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Fortified
- Alcohol Percentage 18.0% Alcohol
All Saints The Keep Tawny Port Nv"A tawny colour with a hint of red. The aroma is a mix of ripe berry fruit and..."$18.99 -
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2016
- Brand Allegrini
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 15.84% Alcohol
Allegrini Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2016"Vintage 2016 was characterized by generally positive climatic conditions, des..."$160.00 -
- Variety Red Blends
- Vintage 2017
- Brand Allegrini
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 15.84% Alcohol
Allegrini Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2017"Vintage 2016** was characterized by generally positive climatic conditions, d..."$180.00
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.