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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$78.34
Pale yellow in color with greenish highlights and a rich tropical bouquet. Medium bodied on the palate with a...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$26.89
Pale yellow in color with greenish highlights and a rich tropical bouquet. Medium bodied on the palate with a...
750ml
Bottle:
$39.94
12 bottles:
$39.14
White spring flower, orange zest and bread crust aromas are front and center. The elegant, creamy palate offers...
750ml
Bottle:
$29.94
$32.80
The NV Franciacorta Golf 1927 is composed mostly of Chardonnay with a dollop of Pinot Noir. It’s rich and floral...
750ml
Bottle:
$27.85
$29.50
12 bottles:
$27.29
This is very dry and chalky with lemon-rind and dried-pear character. Medium-fine bubbles give form to the wine....
750ml
Bottle:
$34.94
Some bread dough and pie crust to the lightly cooked apples and hints of pear skins. It’s full-bodied with a round...
750ml
Bottle:
$23.31
$25.90
Notes of sliced apples, ripe guava, bread dough, roasted almonds and custard. Medium-to full-bodied and...
750ml
Bottle:
$22.93
12 bottles:
$22.47
Aromas of wild strawberry, orange rind, red apple skin, brioche and wildflowers pour from the glass. The fine and...
750ml
Bottle:
$44.28
$49.20
6 bottles:
$41.60
Enticing aromas suggesting crushed mint, fennel seed and red woodland berries waft out of the glass. Silky and...
750ml
Bottle:
$41.94
The NV Franciacorta Brut Nature (a blend of 70% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Bianco and 10% Pinot Nero) is partially...
750ml
Bottle:
$33.75
Here's a lovely sparkling wine that offers a floral fragrance of white flowers and tropical fruit. The palate...
750ml
Bottle:
$26.65
$30.46
Partially fermented in barrique, the NV Franciacorta Brut Rosé is an accessible blend of 40% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot...
750ml
Bottle:
$35.89
12 bottles:
$35.17
An expressive rosé, with mouthwatering acidity and a satiny mousse, this offers flavors of ripe nectarine, candied...
750ml
Bottle:
$41.51
12 bottles:
$40.67
Pretty tea rose and bergamot accents lace the crushed black cherry, slivered almond and minerally saline notes in...
Pre-Arrival
Ca' Del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvee Prestige NV
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$51.94
Some bread dough and pie crust to the lightly cooked apples and hints of pear skins. It’s full-bodied with a round...
Champagne Blend NV Italy Lombardy Franciacorta
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.
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.
The beautiful north westerly wine region of Lombardy in Italy is home to many of the country's most characterful and well respected wines, most of which are grown on the shores of the stunning Lake Garda. The lake itself plays a vitally important part of the region's viticulture, as the climate around the river is cooler than in surrounding areas, thus tempering the heat of the vineyards and allowing the vines which grow there to ripen more slowly. For centuries, Lombardy wines have been considered amongst the finest in Italy, and today, the wine industry of the region is doing very well indeed. With wineries in Lombardy utilizing a successful blend of traditional and modern techniques, they are continually producing wines which express the excellence of the terroir the vines are grown on, and which contain fascinating and unique flavors and aromas.