Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Château d’Armajan des Ormes 2020 Sauternes 375 mL
French Dessert
$46.99
Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle form the blend. Mango, dried apricot, honeyed yuzu, vanillin and candied ginger appear with luscious sweetness and citrus acidity. Tea leaf and cinnamon are present on the finish. The fruit is harvested in five vineyard passes, and the wine matures for twenty-four months in barrel. It contains fourteen percent alcohol.
Château Le Grand Verdus 2015 Bordeaux Blanc
French White
$57.99
A round profile and comparatively low acidity place particular emphasis on apricot and nectarine, while the overall character remains fresh and clean. Sauvignon Blanc makes up sixty percent of the blend, with thirty percent Semillon and ten percent Muscadelle. The wine is white, comes from the Bordeaux region of France and carries the Bordeaux Blanc appellation.
Château Croix-Mouton 2020 Bordeaux Supérieur
French Red
$48.99
Deep garnet in colour, the wine offers blackcurrant, blackberry, spice and toasted notes. The palate is medium bodied, with concentrated fruit and a soft texture. The tannins are light and integrated. It is dry and round, with red and black fruit. The wine spends three to four months on its lees, divided between barrels and tanks.
Château Suduiraut 2010 Sauternes
French Dessert
$161.99
Harvesting ran from late September to early November in five vineyard passes. The blend combines ninety percent Semillon with ten percent Sauvignon Blanc. Maturation lasts twenty months, split evenly between new barrels and barrels used for one previous wine. The finished wine has fourteen percent alcohol, 145 grams per litre of residual sugar and 3.6 grams per litre of total acidity.
Comtesse de Malet Roquefort 2022 Bordeaux Rouge
French Red
$49.99
Ripe red fruit and subtle spice accompany a supple palate, fine tannins and freshness. The blend is ninety percent Merlot and ten percent Cabernet Franc. Grapes are selected rigorously, with most sourced from family properties. The vines grow in sandy clay soils. The wine honours Countess Isabeau, the first Malet Roquefort owner of Château La Gaffelière in 1705.
La Familia Mauvinon 2024 Bordeaux Blanc
French White
$51.99
Sauvignon Blanc gives a lively citrus profile, white-flower notes and a mineral line. The palate is chiselled and direct. Grapes are harvested by hand, then fermented at low temperature in stainless-steel tanks. Stéphane Defraine makes the wine. It records 12.5 percent alcohol and 62 milligrams per litre of sulphites. Production takes place outside the château.
Château de Cérons 2016 Cérons 375 mL
French Dessert
$51.99
The colour is bright yellow. Restrained apricot, peach and lemon-zest notes appear with candied orange peel and vanilla. The wine is sweet and medium-bodied. Botrytis spice, mushroom powder, tension and length are also present. Botrytised berries are selected in successive passes, pressed slowly and fermented naturally in barrel. Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle form the blend, and maturation in barrel lasts two to three years.
Olivier Rivière 2024 Plaisir Simple Côtes de Bourg
French Red
$54.99
Cherry, cassis and ripe red fruit accompany a supple, velvety texture, fine tannins, freshness and a lightly mineral finish. The blend combines Merlot and Malbec. Grapes are harvested by hand and sorted twice. Parcel selections undergo maceration and fermentation in neutral tanks, followed by ageing in vessels chosen for the conditions and yield of the harvest. Alcohol is twelve percent.
Château Pailhas 2022 Saint-Émilion
French Red
$54.99
Red fruit, blackcurrant, blackberry, Morello cherry and spice shape the profile. The blend is eighty percent Merlot and twenty percent Cabernet Franc. The vines average thirty-five years on clay-limestone soils and are mechanically harvested. Vinification takes place in concrete and stainless-steel tanks. Ageing is divided evenly between new barrels and barrels that have held at least one wine.
Château Gigault 2001 Cuvée Viva Premières Côtes de Blaye
French Red
$54.99
Blackberry and boysenberry fruit accompany floral, plum and raspberry notes. Merlot forms ninety percent of the blend, with Cabernet Sauvignon accounting for the balance. The profile is light to medium in body, with silky tannins and fine mid-palate sweetness. The middle is defined, the fruit is not overdone, and the finish is medium in length.
Château Jacques Noir 2018 Saint-Émilion
French Red
$59.99
Made entirely from Merlot grown on clay, this red is aged in barrel. Ample, deep fruit accompanies blackcurrant, spice and wood-aged flavours. The palate has a firm, fine tannic structure. Production for this release amounted to 48,400 bottles, and alcohol is fourteen percent. Brilliant ruby colour, red fruit and toasted notes are also part of the profile.
Château Tour Léognan 2023 Pessac-Léognan Blanc
French White
$55.99
Pale yellow colour has a brilliant golden aspect. Grapefruit, citrus, peach and a subtle wood note appear in a rich profile with acidity and balance. Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon each account for half of the blend. Fermentation and maturation take place in barrels and foudres for six months with lees stirring and fifteen percent new wood. The vineyard soils combine deep gravel with clay and limestone.
Château Fourcas-Borie 2011 Listrac-Médoc
French Red
$55.99
Fresh sour cherry, delicate tangerine zest, fine spice and black berries accompany juicy fruit and fine nougat. The profile is full-bodied, with cassis, roundness and supple tannins. Produced in Listrac-Médoc, this red comes from Bordeaux and is based on Merlot. Its structure carries a rough edge, while the red berry fruit is already developing well. The wine is expressive and accessible.
Château Haut-Cadet 2019 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
French Red
$55.99
This is a still red wine. Fruit is joined by spice, toast and grilled notes. The wine has good volume and supple tannins. Grapes were harvested by hand, and vinification used concrete and stainless-steel tanks. Merlot accounts for eighty-five percent of the planting, with fourteen percent Cabernet Franc. Ageing took place in tank, and production totalled fifty-five thousand bottles.
Château Suduiraut 2019 Le Blanc Sec de Suduiraut Bordeaux Blanc
French White
$55.99
Bright light-yellow colour shows green reflections. Floral notes, white fruit and lemon are joined by delicate red fruit after aeration. The palate is round, with pear, peach and Sauvignon Blanc fruit, while the finish brings citrus zest and minerality. The blend is fifty-two percent Semillon and forty-eight percent Sauvignon Blanc. Harvest ran from September 4 to 16. Ageing lasted six months: seventy-five percent in vats and twenty-five percent in barrels.
G de Château Guiraud 2022 Bordeaux Blanc Sec
French White
$56.99
Passion fruit and pink grapefruit accompany a pale, bright-yellow colour and minty freshness. Ripe-Sauvignon freshness, roundness, flesh and light brioche notes are present on the palate. Fifty-three percent Sauvignon Blanc and forty-seven percent Semillon form the blend. Fermentation is divided equally between one-wine barrels and stainless steel, with five percent malolactic fermentation. Barrel ageing lasts six months and includes regular lees stirring.
Château Beaumont 2022 Haut-Médoc
French Red
$56.99
Black fruit, pencil lead and graphite appear in an intense profile with integrated tannins. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. The vineyard lies between Margaux and Saint-Julien on deep gravel. Yields were twenty-eight hectolitres per hectare. Ageing lasts fourteen months, using 30% new barrels alongside one- and two-year-old wood. The wine contains fourteen percent alcohol.
Château Peyredon Lagravette 2022 Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois
French Red
$58.99
Ruby-purple colour accompanies blackberry, spice and toast. The finish is balanced, with smooth tannins. The blend is sixty-three percent Cabernet Sauvignon and thirty-seven percent Merlot from Gunz gravel soils. Grapes are picked by hand and receive five weeks of skin maceration. Maturation lasts twelve months, with one-third in amphora and the balance in new and used oak.
Château Lamery 2019 Sémillant Vin de France
French White
$58.99
Fruit, light oxidative notes, acidity and extraction shape this dry Sémillon. Grapes are harvested by hand from old vines and fermented in small concrete vats without added sulphur. The wine spends nine months on its lees in old oak, without topping, racking, fining or filtration, then four months in concrete for blending. The vineyard is farmed organically and biodynamically, and the wine is classified as natural.
Château Domeyne 2018 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
$63.99
Deep colour accompanies red and black fruit, spice, a creamy texture and velvety tannins. The vineyard is planted to sixty percent Merlot and forty percent Cabernet Sauvignon on deep gravel and tertiary clay over a limestone terrace. Grapes are harvested by hand and rigorously sorted. Temperature-controlled vinification is followed by barrel maturation using thirty percent new oak, and the wine has a fresh, full-bodied profile with plum and liquorice.
Château Lafleur du Roy 2019 Pomerol
French Red
$67.99
Merlot forms eighty-five percent of the blend, with ten percent Cabernet Franc and five percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Red berries, raspberry, cassis, truffle, liquorice, sweet spice, vanilla, nutmeg, tobacco, cocoa, black cherry and mineral notes are present. The texture is velvety and the tannins are melted. Hand-harvested fruit ferments in temperature-controlled stainless steel before fifteen to eighteen months in French oak, one-third new.
Château Laffitte Carcasset 2016 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
$64.99
Black fruit, red plum and cedar appear with a woody texture. The tannins are pleasant, and the wine has concentration and harmony. Its ruby colour, delicate fruit and toast sit with a structured palate that is not aggressive. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc form the blend. The Saint-Estèphe red spends twelve months in oak barrels.
Château Ormes de Pez 2019 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
$63.99
Purplish garnet colour accompanies fresh blackberry and blackcurrant. The texture is velvety, with well-rounded tannins and toasted notes from barrel maturation. The blend is fifty percent Merlot, forty percent Cabernet Sauvignon, seven percent Cabernet Franc and three percent Petit Verdot. Fruit was hand picked and sorted in the vineyard. Maturation lasted sixteen months in French oak, including forty-five percent new wood.
Château Puygueraud 2003 Côtes de Francs
French Red
$64.99
Deep ruby colour accompanies a developing bouquet of fresh leather, spice and fruit preserved in spirit. Cigar box and forest-floor notes are also present, together with berry fruit. The palate is round and balanced, while red berry, earth and tobacco appear in the finish. Maturation took place in barrel, and production totalled ninety thousand bottles.
Olivier Rivière 2022 Les Jardins d’Édina Côtes de Bourg
French Red
$69.99
Fresh cherry and raspberry notes sit above a delicate texture, with acidity and gentle sweetness in balance. The Merlot comes from vines more than twenty-five years old on silty soils with clay, gravel and clay-limestone around Bourg and Lansac. Grapes are hand harvested, destemmed and macerated for three weeks, with indigenous fermentation in concrete. Maturation combines concrete and 300-litre barrels.
La Chapelle de Potensac 2018 Médoc
French Red
$69.99
Blackcurrant, redcurrant, green tobacco, cedar and spring flowers form the aromatic profile. The palate is medium-bodied, supple and harmonious, with light tannins, a round, balanced texture and a fresh finish. The blend is seventy percent Merlot, twenty-five percent Cabernet Sauvignon and five percent Cabernet Franc. Raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, liquorice, nutmeg and dried almond provide further detail.
Château Cap Léon Veyrin 2010 Listrac-Médoc
French Red
$72.99
Garnet colour accompanies an intense bouquet that combines black fruit with forest-floor aromas. On the palate, roundness and generosity sit alongside a consistent structure supported by firm yet silky tannins. Merlot forms sixty-two percent of the blend, followed by thirty-five percent Cabernet Sauvignon and three percent Petit Verdot. The wine was aged in cask, and seventy thousand bottles were produced.
Chateau Patache d’Aux 1995 Medoc Cru Bourgeois
French Red
$89.99
Ruby colour has a thin orange rim. Blueberry, violet and anise are present. The palate has fresh acidity, ripe tannins, sweet-and-sour character, forest floor and leather. Dark colour, spice, menthol, vanilla, black fruit and discreet tertiary notes are also present. Tannins are polished, and the finish is fresh. This red wine comes from the Medoc appellation in Bordeaux.
Château Cantemerle 2022 Haut-Médoc
French Red
$109.99
Bright fresh fruit and violet are present in the bouquet. The palate has soft tannins, creamy structure and a smooth texture, with harmony and balance. The blend is seventy percent Cabernet Sauvignon, twenty percent Merlot, and five percent each Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The wine matures for twelve months in French oak, using new, one-fill and two-fill barrels. The vines grow on gravel with quaternary silica.
Château d’Arche 2010 Sauternes
French Dessert
$114.99
Pear, apple and floral notes are present. The palate is fresh and sweet, with candied orange, apricot jam and subtle smoky notes. The blend is ninety percent Sémillon and ten percent Sauvignon Blanc. Harvest ran from September 30 to October 31, with grapes picked by hand in three to five successive passes. Vinification took place in temperature-controlled vats. Oak maturation lasts twelve to eighteen months, with one third of the barrels renewed.