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Intense, fresh and complex aromas showing hints of tobacco leaves, plums and pepper. Bright and clean on the palate...
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.95
12 bottles: $14.65
ellow straw color. Aromas of peach pie, sliced bananas in creme, fresh herbs, and jasmine with a satiny, crisp,...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $136.77
Intense aromas of white pineapple, lemon peel, white peaches and stones with a seashell undertone. Full-bodied yet...
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Rose
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $181.23
Incredibly complex aromas of subtle white stones, slate, light berries and peach character plus a hint of cream....
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Rose
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $61.19
This is so lovely with the strawberry and cream character but also so much minerality in the form of slate and chalk....
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Rose
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $235.09
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Rose
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $99.36
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $289.57
The 2017 Ornellaia Bianco is a slightly tweaked blend compared to the 2016 and includes a splash of Viognier. The...
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Grenache Italian White Blends Rose / Blush 2017

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.