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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $1194.95 $1310.44
Roses and lavender with other flowers. Peaches. Glorious fruit of dark plums and ripe strawberries. This is dense and...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $147.00
Complex aromas of blackberries, blueberries, licorice, gravel and walnuts. Rich and full-bodied with firm,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $183.46
Conterno’s 2017 Barolo Ginestra is a wine of gravitas and pure power. All of the muscle of Ginestra comes through...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $32.79 $34.52
6 bottles: $30.80
A very elegant, mid-weight Bordeaux blend with delicate red-fruit and fresh-sage aromas and just a hint of bell...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $39.94
6 bottles: $39.14
Firm acidity carries notes of lemon peel, marzipan and dried flowers that are accentuated by spice, petrol and...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $216.95
3 bottles: $212.61
The 2017 Brut Blanc de Blancs Spécial Club is an attractive wine that shows the mid-weight style of the year. All...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $164.94
3 bottles: $161.64
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $780.30 $867.00
Super-restrained cassis fruit with an almost blueberry maturity in front of violet, clove and blond tobacco...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $256.95
An enticing red, with aromas of clove, cardamom, crushed pine and dried tea rose drawing you into the glass, where...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $273.28
There’s impeccable transparency and freshness to this Barbaresco on the nose, which introduces bright rose petals,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $524.95 $554.37
The Bruno Giacosa 2017 Barbaresco Rabajà is a fine and delicate wine that throws a curveball at our expectations of...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $1399.82
Roses and lavender with other flowers. Peaches. Glorious fruit of dark plums and ripe strawberries. This is dense and...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $84.31
55% Merlot, 35% Syrah and 10% Sangiovese - A delightful wine that combines the elegance and suppleness of Merlot and...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $848.58
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $186.95 $197.06
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $178.45
Aromas of blueberries, blackberries, cloves, tobacco, walnuts and chocolate. It’s full-bodied with firm,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $428.95
The 2017 D'Alceo possesses mind-blowing intensity and pedigree to burn. Rich, ample and explosive, the 2017 is...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $129.95
Available in numbered bottles, the organic Cavallotto 2017 Barolo Bricco Boschis is a generous and fleshed out...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $173.24
Floral, juniper, strawberry, cherry and green tea aromas and flavors are the hallmarks of this taut, sleek red, which...
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Champagne Blend Italian Red Blends Nebbiolo 2017 1.5Ltr

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.