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  • Well-focused, with a solid beam of red currant and blackberry fruit woven with notes of black tea and iron. Good licorice-tinged grip pushes through on the finish. Drink now. 300 cases imported.

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  • There's a savory cast to this, with saline and seashore touches accenting apple, peach and spice flavors. Supple and intense, with a lingering toasty aftertaste. Needs time to absorb the oak. Best from 2013 through 2023.

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  • A solid, juicy Malbec, with plenty of ripe blackberry and raspberry notes to carry layers of spice and toasty oak through to the fruit-filled finish. Drink now. 3,600 cases imported.

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  • A silky, suave style, with shiso leaf and mineral notes darting in and out, while the core of kirsch, plum and red licorice lingers on the finish. Drink now through 2017. 1,400 cases made.

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1.- Domaine des Martinelles Crozes-Hermitage Les Coteaux 2007

2.- Clos du Mont-Olivet Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Petit Mont 2009

3.- Bodega Renacer Malbec Mendoza Punto Final 2010

4.- Alex Gambal Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St.-Jean 2008

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