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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $12.32
Colour: Intense bright red colour with violet reflections. Nose: Flavours of prune, tobacco and vanilla. Taste: Dry,...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $21.66
The Pieri Rosso seeks for the best balance between tradition and modernity. There’s always precocious Sangiovese...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94 $23.60
6 bottles: $20.00
Among the better expressions from this vast, somewhat sclerotic Lugana region, evidencing many styles and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.85 $20.80
12 bottles: $19.45
The unoaked 2022 Rosso di Montalcino offers redcurrant, dried raspberry, cherry cola, lavender candy and wild rose....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.93 $22.80
12 bottles: $21.49
The 1st vintage of Bianco di Ampeleia was 2016. A neighbor's vineyard had old vines of a local biotype of Trebbiano...
White
750ml
Bottle: $25.20
12 bottles: $24.70
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.99 $28.88
12 bottles: $23.56
The 2022 Chianti Classico Peppoli is a youthful ruby magenta, and is highly expressive with lively aromas of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $9.51
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.93
6 bottles: $21.49
The clay gives this 100% Sangiovese a vibrant and unvarnished taste of red fruit. Da-Di is bursting with the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.99
12 bottles: $11.52
Intense bright ruby red, cherry nose with floral nuances. Well-balanced, soft but tasty, with good structure....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.43 $21.59
12 bottles: $17.80
Color: Ruby-red. Bouquet: Intense with notes of cherries, plums, and violets. Taste: Rich flavors of cherry and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $15.41
Intense ruby red color. Complex aromas of iris and violets, red fruit and balsamic scents. Soft, elegant and...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $15.94
The typical aromas of the Sauvignon are tangy on the nose; sage, ripe peach, elderflower and green pepper. The Pinot...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
The 2022 Nero d'Avola is dark and woodsy in the glass, with dried blueberries and exotic spices lifted by sage hints....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.49
12 bottles: $14.20
The nose is citrusy, but also sweet with aromas of honey, peach and apricot, and features a slightly rubbery,...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $27.39
Straw yellow color. Wine of great drinkability that finds its best weapons in freshness and elegance. The aromatic...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.00
12 bottles: $11.70
Color: Ruby red. Nose: Intense, fruity with a persistent aroma of spices and licorice. Palate: Full, warm with...
White
750ml
Bottle: $20.95
12 bottles: $20.53
'Arancio' (meaning the color orange or an orange tree) is 70% Malvasia Toscana/Malvasia Romagnola, 27% Trebbiano...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
COLOR: Ruby red color. NOSE: The nose is very fruity, of red ripe fruits. FLAVOR: It has a good acidity and smooth...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
94% Sangiovese, 3% Malvasia Nera, 3% Canaiolo. Co-harvested/co-fermented in unlined concrete with macerations lasting...
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Italian White Blends Nero D'avola Sangiovese 2022 750ml

Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.



Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.

The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.