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Our best-selling entry level Bordeaux for over a decade, the chateau produces a Merlot-based wine, cherried, supple, fruit-intensive and marvelously enjoyable when young.

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This excellent Bordeaux Bargain is owned by Gerard and Chantal Perse of Chateau Pavie and is a perennial overachiever.

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A Morrell Discovery - This inexpensive, Grand Gallius delicious Medoc is a sample of how good the 2009 Bordeaux vintage is. A blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, it combines the softness of the Merlot with the structure and backbone of the Cabernet. This is definitely a..

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Merlot makes this wine smooth and accessible, Cabernet Franc lends cherry, blackberry, and vanilla aromas with tannins that are soft and gentle, while Cabernet brings in the tannins and a slightly herbaceous quality.

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Clos Magne Figeac is a plentiful, lavish, well structured red Bordeaux which also provides a lovely robe to balance its well developed bouquet. Being that it is located on the Saint Emilion plateau between Pomerol and Saint Emilion, it is no surprise that the wine emulates qualities from both..

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"This 20+-acre vineyard, acquired by Gerard and Chantal Perse in 2001, is planted on a clay and limestone plateau. The 2009, a blend of 80% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, was cropped at 22 hectoliters per hectare, and possesses 14.2% alcohol. One of the top wines of the..

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A major sleeper of the vintage, this outstanding wine from the Aubert family in St.-Emilion has terrific plum, black cherry and cassis fruit as well as hints of earth and flowers. Supple-textured, opulent and savory, it is a heady, fleshy wine to drink over the next 3-5 years.

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The wine is a dark ruby with a youthful purple hue. Integrated nose,with hints of berries along with subtle herbaceous, mineral, spice, clove, cherry and currant notes. Full bodied the wines is rich and opulent with a solid core of fresh fruit backed by firm ripe tannins. Good balance, well..

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"It is one of our favorite affordable Pomerols: Rich, smooth and mouth filling with

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"The top cuvee of Cotes de Castillon from Dr. Alain Raynaud (of Quinault l'Enclos fame) and Gerard Perse (Pavie, Monbousquet, and Pavie-Decesse), this highly-extracted, rich, pure, black/purple-colored, dense, medium-bodied Cotes de Castillon reveals beautifully etched black currant and blackberry..