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White
750ml
Bottle: $595.08 $661.20
Very rich, but racy and well-focused, with a great minerally underpinning to the fresh butter, chamomile, yellow...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $787.95
6 bottles: $772.19
As in 2016, my favorite of the white parcel selections this year is the 2017 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc (231 cases...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $99.94 $105.20
Always a classic Hermitage Blanc, the 2019 Hermitage Chante-Alouette Blanc is all Marsanne that comes mostly from...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $97.56 $108.40
Brilliant all the way, the 2020 Hermitage Chante-Alouette Blanc is a white readers should snatch up. All Marsanne...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.25
12 bottles: $17.89
A sharp, fresh nose features astringent fruit, new pencils, clean earth and a refined florality that more than holds...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.52
6 bottles: $34.81
COLOR: Dark red purple hues. NOSE: Balsamic notes, intense aromas and spicy finish. FLAVOR: Long finish, sapid.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.93 $19.60
6 bottles: $17.57
The DOC Cannonau di Sardegna has an intense ruby red color. The mouthfeel is fresh, with a good structure and dense,...
White
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
12 bottles: $24.44
A light-bodied, fruity red, with an earthy aroma giving way to strawberry and rose flavors. Features a lining of firm...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.00
12 bottles: $41.16
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.87
12 bottles: $19.47
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.52 $22.80
12 bottles: $18.24
A classically Californian take on the northern Rhône — the cool nights and mornings ensuring the wine maintains...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $16.68
12 bottles: $15.85
Clean and focused with blackberry and dark-bark aromas and flavors. Medium to full body and firm, creamy tannins with...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.23
Intense ruby red colour with garnet reflections in more mature wines. Aromas of rose and geranium. Still wine,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.90 $17.08
12 bottles: $15.58
Once fortresses built by ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean, Naracu (or Nuraghe) can still be found across...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.69 $24.40
12 bottles: $22.42
uby-red color, Freisa has a floral and fruity aroma of concentrated berries and tar with hints of blackberry. It is a...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $82.62
Golden yellow in color with aromas of white pear and apple blossom. Rich and textural on the palate with flavors of...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $45.04
The 2013 Langhe Freisa Kyè is remarkably polished and, dare I say, elegant, in this vintage. The bombastic style of...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $49.95
The 2016 Giuseppe Mascarello & Figlio Freisa Langhe Toetto is still very young and austere, and unless one has...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $60.95
Colour: Deep ruby-red. Nose: Varietal, spicy. Taste: Dry, characteristic, good body with a lot of tannins.
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $65.95

Grenache Other Italian Reds Marsanne 750ml

The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.


For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.