Camino de Chile Merlot

2023

Camino de Chile Merlot

The grapes come from vineyards located in Villa Alegre, 285 km south of Santiago, in Maule Valley. This place has a Mediterranean-like climate, with mild winters and dry summers, with marked range of temperatures between day and night.
This allows the grapes to get ripe tannins, as well as excellent aromas and color concentration. Soils are a combination of sand and volcanic ash and the flat terrain gets and superb sunlight exposition. Yields are carefully controlled to produce concentrated wines, excellent quality and elegance.
Camino del Chile indicates the direction of Bodegas De Aguirre, today known as VDA, Viña de Aguirre, from their origins and their ancestors towards excellence.
Classified as AA Company under the BRC Global Standards Quality Program.

For more info, visit Viña de Aguirre website.

VARIETALS
100% Merlot

VINTAGE
2023

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Cantina Tollo Gufo Merlot

2022

Cantina Tollo Gufo Merlot

In central Italy there is fossil evidence of grapevines dating back two million years, but the first traces of agricultural activities oriented to grape cultivation itself date back to the end of the Bronze Age. In Abruzzo, the first evidence of wine production stretches back in pre-Roman times, with funerary pottery unearthed in the monumental cemeteries around L’Aquila.

In ancient Rome, an owl was the soul bird of Goddess Minerva.”Gufo” stands for Owl, the mysterious night creature moving at ease through the dark, in all times symbol of knowledge, wisdom and prophecy.

VARIETALS
100% Merlot

VINTAGE
2022

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Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur Rouge

2020

Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur Rouge

Cap Royal takes its name from the royal Cordouan lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse of Europe, situated at the entrance of Gironde Estuary. This 14th century beacon once signalled safe passage to Bordeaux wine merchants, returning home after sharing the great wines of Bordeaux with the world. Cap Royal benefits from the expertise of Jean René Matignon, winemaker of Château Pichon Baron, Grand Cru Classé Pauillac.

Certified EVE Vegan.

For more info, visit Cap Royal website.

VARIETALS
70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon

VINTAGE
2020

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Capo Zafferano Rosso Appassimento Puglia IGT

2023

Capo Zafferano Rosso Appassimento Puglia IGT

Capo Zafferano is a famous promontory, with a magnificent view of the gulf with turquoise water and a centuries-old white lighthouse, so characteristic to represent the best expression of the wines of Southern Italy: the wines of Puglia.

For more info, visit Capo Zafferano website.

VARIETALS
Negroamaro, Merlot, Primitivo

VINTAGE
2023

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Carré d’As Graves Rouge AOC

2022

Carré d’As Graves Rouge AOC

Originally from Schönberg, in the Rhineland, fleeing the consequences of the defeat of Napoleon I, the Yung family origins settled for more than a century in Algeria. Already listed in the first edition of Féret des Vins d’Oranie in 1886, the family developed its vineyard until independence, until forced to abandon the wine estates it had owned since 1859.

In 1862 Charles Young joined his older brother, already settled in Gironde. He then decides to acquire for his 2 children and his 2 nephews, the Château Haut Mondain, a 42-hectare AOC Bordeaux wine estate, followed then by Château Barail, Les Hauts de Palette and Moulin de Tassin.

Since 2020, the Charles Yung & Fils vineyards have been committed to a societal and environmental approach by obtaining High Environmental Value (HVE), level 3 certification.

For more info, visit Les Hauts de Palette website.

VARIETALS
60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon

VINTAGE
2022

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Cave de Marmandais Sous les Voûtes Comte Tolosan IGP

2022

Cave de Marmandais Sous les Voûtes Comte Tolosan IGP

Proud ambassadors of the “Made in Sud-Ouest” way of life, Cave du Marmandais combines warmth, festivities and gastronomy to reveal the personality of the people and wines from this terroir. A few kilometres away from the city of Marmande, the vineyards of the Côtes du Marmandais appellation cover both riversides of the Garonne.

For more info, visit Cave de Marmandais website.

VARIETALS
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

VINTAGE
2022

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Chappellet Signature Cabernet Sauvignon

2019

Chappellet Signature Cabernet Sauvignon

Chappellet is recognized as one of the great Napa Valley wineries, and one of the few which remains family owned. Today, the second generation is committed to continuing the vision of their parents, Donn and Molly Chappellet. Together, the siblings are dedicated to maintaining sustainable farming techniques, a relentless focus on wine quality, respect for Pritchard Hill’s natural beauty and the preservation of family ownership for generations to come.

The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon has been a foundational wine in Chappellet Winery portfolio for more than five decades. It is a benchmark for the long-lived hillside wines of the Napa Valley; full of structure and aging potential, yet seductively forward in its concentrated varietal character. The dry, rocky soils of Pritchard Hill produce small, intensely flavorful grapes. Crop thinning allows for full, even ripening and elevates flavor complexity.

For more info, visit Chappellet Winery website.

VARIETALS
77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Malbec, 3% Merlot

VINTAGE
2019

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Château Artigues Pauillac AOC

2019

Château Artigues Pauillac AOC

A Cru Bourgeois located in the heart of the Médoc, Château Artigues has been owned by the Meffre family since 1958. Today, Claude Meffre leads the estate, after a career in journalism.

The 30-hectare vineyard, near the hamlet of Artigues, sits on silico-gravel and Garonne gravel soils. Interestingly, the small Château Artigues borders some famous estates classified as “cru classé” – so it offers the typical Pauillac character at a much more affordable price.

Certified sustainable HVE (High Environmental Value).

 

VARIETALS
50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon

VINTAGE 
2019

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Château Barrail de Brisson Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC

2019

Château Barrail de Brisson Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC

Small family-owned vineyard located in Vignonet, to the South of the Saint-Emilion Appellation and recently converted to organic farming.
Château Barrail de Brisson, from the first organic vintage (2014), showed the typical Saint-Emilion Grand Cru appellation’s characteristics.

Organic wine certified AB (Agriculture Biologique).

VARIETALS
100% Merlot

VINTAGE
2019

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Château Beausejour Fronsac AOC

2019

Château Beausejour Fronsac AOC

The Melet family has owned Château Bel-Air in Pomerol since 1914 and Château Beausejour in Fronsac for five generations. Following the family tradition, the focus remains on quality. Since 2011, the consultant oenologist has been Bordeaux’s rising star, Stéphane Derenoncourt.

VARIETALS
85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc

VINTAGE
2019

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Château Bel Air Bordeaux AOP

2021

Château Bel Air Bordeaux AOP

Family owned for three generations, the The A. de Luze & Fils estate covers 20 hectares of vineyards located a few kilometers from Saint-Emilion. In a single piece, it surrounds house and cellar with an exceptional exposure on a clay-limestone hillside, facing south, with a superficial rock that gives the wines of the castle a typicity much appreciated by connoisseurs.

The Château Bel Air presents itself to the wine lover as pleasantly dry, red Bordeaux wine.

Certified sustainable HVE (High Environmental Value) 

VARIETALS
75% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc

VINTAGE
2021

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Château Bénitey Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé AOC

2020

Château Bénitey Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé AOC

Château Bénitey is located at the foot of the coast, east of Saint-Emilion, in the town of Saint-Laurent des Combes. It takes its name from a cross at the junction of the road above the vineyard, a cross reminiscent of that of a holy water font.
The area is 5 ha with vines whose average age is 40 years and the wine is usually composed mainly of 70% Merlot, aged for 10 months in French oak barrels (20 to 40% new).

VARIETALS
70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc

VINTAGE
2020 (in wooden box of 6)

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Château Bibian Cru Bourgeois Supérieur Haut Médoc AOC

2019

Château Bibian Cru Bourgeois Supérieur Haut Médoc AOC

Château Bibian is a historic (and one of the oldest) property in Listrac-Médoc, located between the more famous communes of Margaux and Saint-Julien.
The château, purchased by the Meyre family in 1999 and a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur classified, is today run by the 6th generation, where Nathalie and Julien Meyre, in consultation with the famous wine consultant (Michel Rolland), carry on the family traditions and produce this classic Bordeaux wine.

For more info, visit Château Bibian website.

VARIETALS
60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot

VINTAGE
2019

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Château Brane-Cantenac Margaux Grand Cru Classé AOC

2012

Château Brane-Cantenac Margaux Grand Cru Classé AOC

Château Brane-Cantenac stands proudly in the heart of the prestigious Margaux appellation.
Renowned for its wines of remarkable elegance and finesse, this 75-hectare property is an emblem of quality and excellence in the world of fine wines.

Since Henri Lurton took over in 1992, he has made it his mission to produce the best possible wine, reinforcing Brane’s position as a second classified growth in 1855. The result is a fine wine that perfectly expresses its remarkable terroir.

Brane’s great success in this vintage is down to the terroir, which leads grapes to ripen early. The fact that 68% of Cabernet Sauvignon we included in the blend of Brane-Cantenac 2012 bears witness to its beautiful maturity, and to the excellent work that was done in the vineyard.

For more info, visit Château Brane-Cantenac website.

VARIETALS
68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot

VINTAGE
2012

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Château Cantelaudette Cuvée Prestige Rouge Graves de Vayres AOC

2018

Château Cantelaudette Cuvée Prestige Rouge Graves de Vayres AOC

“I inherited Château Cantelaudette in 1984, I was thirty years old and married in the same year. The property was not really a wedding gift: the house and vines had been abandoned and there was no winery. However, my wife, when she saw the old château, thought that it should be our home. Starting from scratch, we refurbished it to our taste, replanted the vines according to expert recommendations, and built an operational winery to produce a wine under the Cantelaudette label. Without my wife, Laurence, I never would have had the courage to undertake this adventure. I make wines for her and which reflect her… refined, elegant, balanced, rounded, and with a certain complexity.” – Jean-Michel Chatelier, owner and manager of Château Cantelaudette.

For more info, visit Château Cantelaudette website.

VARIETALS
100% Merlot

VINTAGE
2018

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