Fine Wine > France > $20-50

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"The 2010 La Blaca (70% Syrah, 15% Grenache and 15% Carignan) exhibits an inky/purple color along with lots of camphor, acacia flower, blackberry and black raspberry fruit notes. Full-bodied, unctuously textured, juicy, heady and lush..."

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This bordeaux blend, produced from the young vines of the chateau, is made like its older brother (Chateau Cantemerle) Les Allées de Cantemerle has the same personality as the grand vin, but a shorter ageing potential. As it ages more quickly, Les Allées de Cantemerle is generally ready to be..

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The faintly off-dry nature of this stunner from Alsace makes this a perfect partner for the spicy, slightly sweet flavors of today's Asian-accented cuisine.

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Tropical fruits, spring flowers and honey on the nose. Impressively rich minerality and extract. Finishes very long and dry.

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"This is full of succulent dark currant, dried cherry, stewed meat and violet flavors that take on plenty of mocha and bittersweet chocolate notes. The tannic finish is muscular, yet restrained, and features white pepper and cedar overtones. Drink now through 2020."

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"Alary’s top cuvee, the 2010 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Cairanne Font d’Estevanas is a blend of equal parts old vine Grenache and Syrah, the latter planted in 1961, grown in the clay/limestone hillsides ... it is a fabulous unfiltered wine offering abundant notes of licorice, truffles, camphor, black..

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"Another blockbuster is the 2010 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau Cuvee Marc. Composed of 50% Grenache, 25% Mourvedre and 25% Syrah, this is a fabulous value from an increasingly promising appellation. A sumptuous bouquet of kirsch, licorice, chocolate fudge, blackberries and graphite emerges from..

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"The 2011 La Dame Rousse Tavel Rose, which is 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah and the rest equal parts Cinsault and the white grape Clairette. Full-bodied and substantial on the palate, with stunning notes of strawberry and kirsch intermixed with licorice, lavender and spring flowers, this is about as good..

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The wines from this 5th generation family-estate offer incredible values, especially in a vintage like 2010. Chofflet represents the best of the Cote Chalonnaise.