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The 2009 Brunello di Montalcino is a beautiful wine laced with ethereal balsam tones, licorice, cola, dark fruit and...
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Best Guado al Tasso ever. Wonderful nose of crushed blackberries and cherries with hints of dark chocolate....
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An extremely rich and ripe wine with currant, cherry and balsamic aromas. Hints of leather. Follows through on the...
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The 2009 Guidalberto flows across the palate with layers of radiant red fruit. This is another striking, supple...
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The bottle that changed Italian wine forever, Tignanello is as modern and innovative as its first vintage many...
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Our Barolo “classic” has been a blend of different vineyards until 2009 and it has always tried to represent the...
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Lots of personality here, with aromas of black cherries, olives, seaweed, milk chocolate and salted plums. Velvety...
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2009 Italy 750ml

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.