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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
Pale yellow with yellow gold sparkles Complex and intense nose, floral and spicy at the same time. It has weight as...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $124.94
The 2019 Barbera d’Asti Ai Suma is laced with blackberry jam, crème de cassis, sweet spice, licorice, lavender and...
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $35.39
A supple, concentrated red, with plum, blackberry, earth and iron flavors permeating the rich texture. Stays...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $30.40
Characterised by well defined fragrances of ripe cherry and small red fruits. Violet ruby red in color. Intense mouth...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.72
Best matched with cured meat, stews and full fat cheese.
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.93
12 bottles: $19.53
A fresh, peach and apple-inflected white, accented by lemon and mineral. The rich fruit is matched to a steely...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.25
Appearance: Clear garnet red. Nose: Rich and intense, with a good concentration of delicate, crisp fruity aromas....
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.20
12 bottles: $20.78
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $75.40
Hoppy nose with complex notes of orange peel, rhubarb and touches of ginger. Succulent with a lovely balance provided...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $43.89
12 bottles: $43.01
The attractive, ripe white-peach, pomegranate and honeysuckle aromas are married to a light body, but this has a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.89 $29.29
Tropical flavors abound throughout this producer's lineup of 2019 Spätlese, but piercing flavors of guava, pink...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.90 $17.91
12 bottles: $15.83
A shimmering silver-yellow color, on the nose this Riesling displays supple fruit tones of golden apple, tangerine,...
White
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
12 bottles: $34.24
Golden-yellow in color, this Riesling delivers aromas of candied lime, ripe yellow apple, baked lemon, ginger spice...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $43.94
We have to have one more classic Mosel style wine classic wine in the portfolio,” says Marco. “This is our super...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
Rätzelhaft means ‘to riddle’ and originally the idea here was to use long lees contact, a specific blending of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
Socalcos comes from Portuguese word for ‘Terrace.’ This wine comes entirely from stone terraced vineyards in the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.55 $21.20
Teppo can be translated as ‘tempo’ or ‘time.’ This is Riesling that shows the importance of waiting,...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.32
12 bottles: $25.79
Wine of notable structure with intense ripe fruit aromas and hints of spice. Full-bodied and smooth on the palate....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.79
6 bottles: $24.29
The 2019 Barbera d'Alba Morassina is fabulous. Dark, layered and super-expressive, the 2019 marks a return to...
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Barbera Gewurztraminer Riesling 2019

For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.

Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.

Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.