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Dark fruit flavours, slightly medicinal. Chocolate notes and sweet spices. Very dense and extracted. Chewy tannins, a...
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750ml
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Racy, bone-dry and loaded with tension, this intriguing white offers delicate scents of white spring flower,...
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Red
750ml
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Savory black-fruit aromas and flavors here, with a nutty edge and some dried herbs. Medium-to full-bodied with...
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Red
750ml
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The Majolica Montepulciano d'Abruzzo shows a pretty ruby red with violet tones. The aroma has intense red fruit...
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Pleasant fresh blackberries on the nose. Medium-bodied with a tight, crisp texture. Fresh blackberry and pip grip and...
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Red
750ml
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This wine shows spicy licorice and aromas of small forests fruits, with light notes of vanilla, chocolate and faded...
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The salubrious flagship, crafted with a cordon cut technique to concentrate the fruit across a meld of three...
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750ml - Case of 6
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Aromas of chamomile, dried pineapple, preserved lemon, toasted almond and beeswax. It’s medium-to full-bodied with...
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Faro Garganega Montepulciano 2018

Italy is a fine country for white grape varietals, and white wines have been produced in this ancient country for thousands of years. One of the more popular varietals in the modern age is Garganega, which is currently the 5th most planted white grape across Italy. This grape is most closely associated with the Veneto region of Italy, although it is also grown in Sicily, where it is known as Grecanico Dorato. Garganega is a rigorous, hardy grape, which can grow in huge yields - explaining its popularity in the past. Today, winemakers must be careful to keep yields as low as possible, as this a varietal which can easily lose its distinctive characteristics and fine qualities when grown in bulk.


We know Garganega most commonly from the Soave wines which have been consistently popular over the past few decades. Indeed, the Soave Classico wines which still sell in large quantities across the globe are made from 70%-100% Garganega varietal grapes, and these wines showcase the varietal’s fresh and delicate qualities. The most common flavors present in Garganega wines are delicate, citrus notes, balanced by a hint of almond, and the best examples have remarkable balance and length, with wonderful aromatic notes.

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.