origin: France

Belrose Mediterrane’e Rosé Blend 2020

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Belrose
Fanciful Name: Mediterrane'e
Varietal: Rosé Blend
Vintage: 2020
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Mediterrane'e
Retail Price: $19.99

Tasting Notes: The aromatic bouquet of white fruits and citrus meld together with fresh red fruit notes. Hints of nectarine and peach are silky, smooth and generous on the palate, leading to a lengthy finish.
Belrose Mediterrane’e Rosé Blend 2020

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Guy Mousset Rhone Blend 2020

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Guy Mousset
Varietal: Rhone Blend
Vintage: 2020
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Cotes du Rhone
Retail Price: $16.99

Tasting Notes: Quintessential refreshing rosé with an edge to it, showing genuine depth. This zesty and zippy wine dances across the palate with notes of citrus, strawberry and green apple.
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La Grand’ Vigne Rosé Blend 2020

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La Grand'
Fanciful Name: Vigne
Varietal: Rosé Blend
Vintage: 2020
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Coteau de Provence
Retail Price: $15.99

Tasting Notes: This Provence beauty is packed with minerality. It stays round on the palate, letting more intensity and complexity show through from top to bottom. A smooth and balanced wine.
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E.Guigal Rosé Blend 2019

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E.Guigal
Varietal: Rosé Blend
Vintage: 2019
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Cotes du Rhone
Retail Price: $15.95

Tasting Notes: Full bodied, rich, with fresh cherry, berry, white peach and melon. Grenache, cinsault and syrah. Perfect with a chicken tikka marsala.
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Champs Red Rhone Blend 2019

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Champs
Varietal: Red Rhone Blend
Vintage: 2019
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Cotes de Provence
Retail Price: $17.00

Tasting Notes: A traditional French rosé with a heftier body than would be expected. Berry fruit and citrus are intertwined throughout the elegant-tasting experience. A must-have for a warm up to a dinner. 
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Gour Gigondas Red Rhone Blend 2018

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Gour
Fanciful Name: Gigondas
Varietal: Red Rhone Blend
Vintage: 2018
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Gigondas
Retail Price: $27.99

Tasting Notes: A superb wine that is firm and bold in texture and flavor, while keeping the elegance of a classic Rioja. Soft raspberry and rich blackberry blend like a fine Bordeaux, and are bound together by a nice use of oak for structure.
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Alyssa Rosé Blend 2019

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Alyssa
Varietal: Rosé Blend
Vintage: 2019
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Languedoc-Roussillon
Retail Price: $12.99

Tasting Notes: This lovely, elegant French aperitif wine made from cinsault, grenache and syrah has subtle layers of ripe melon and a delicate, fresh bouquet of flower petals and white peach. The perfect wine to sip outdoors on a bright warm day.
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Jean Luc Colombo Cape Bleue Rosé Blend 2017

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Jean Luc Colombo
Fanciful Name: Cape Bleue
Varietal: Rosé Blend
Vintage: 2017
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence
Retail Price: $14.99

Tasting Notes: Aging gracefully, likely due to the higher percentage of syrah. Roasted strawberry, rose and earth with a hint of pepper on a polished palate.
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Château Pradeaux Mourvedre Grenache 2015

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Château Pradeaux
Varietal: Mourvedre Grenache
Vintage: 2015
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Bandol
Retail Price: $52.00

Tasting Notes: A benchmark Mourvedre. Aged for four years in large used oak ovals, unfiltered and unfined from 35+ year-old estate vines. A ferocious marvel with ethereal, savoriness, brooding and complexities that are the benchmark for this earth-driven, mineral-laced style. An experience in a glass not to be missed. 
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Bernard Remy A. Berge’re Chardonnay

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Bernard Remy
Fanciful Name: A. Berge're
Varietal: Chardonnay
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Champagne
Retail Price: $43.50

Tasting Notes: An unusually attractive price for such a high quality wine. Sourced from top-grade vineyard sites, this grower Champagne is a true value, considering its quality. Elegant and focused, the brut level of sweetness accentuates the bright fruit, along with the wine's backbone. The finish is long, balanced, and confirms the wine's pedigree.
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Chateau Monbousquet Sparkling 2016

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Chateau Monbousquet
Varietal: Sparkling
Vintage: 2016
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Retail Price: $80.99

Tasting Notes: If there is a value in the mid-range Bordeaux, this is it. The complexity coaxed out of this wine is amazing, with all the classic characteristics showing marvelously in this wine. Its inky dark appearance is propped up with the velvety mouth feel that envelops all the dark brambly fruit this wine has to offer. I could barely get past the nose, though, with all the lead, damp earth, cigar and dark blue fruit components wafting magically from the glass. What a stunner!
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Besserat de Bellefon Bleu Brut Sparkling

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Besserat de Bellefon
Fanciful Name: Bleu Brut
Varietal: Sparkling
Country of Origin: France
Appellation: Champagne
Retail Price: $60.00

Tasting Notes: Using the three traditional Champagne grape varieties — sourced from top sub-regions across Champagne — in a well-balanced blend contributes to this lovely wine's allure. Fruit and floral characteristics blend into a harmonious whole, with large quantities refinement and panache.
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