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Bottle: $143.25
The 2013 Barolo Ginestra Vigna Sorì Ginestra shows a whole other level of fiber and textural richness. This is a...
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The 2007 Brunello di Montalcino is more elegant and less explosive than the Riserva. Exquisite aromatics meld into...
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Delicately scented, this offers underbrush, pressed violet and wild berry aromas. It's medium-bodied and loaded with...
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This prestigious metodo classico gets its name, Brut Riserva Novecento, a sparkling wine which was first made in 1986...
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The 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta is my favorite wine in the retrospective, along with the amazing...
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Good structure with gently orange-red colors denoting a correct ageing in tonneaux after a long maceration and soft...
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On a sensorial trip, from the nose to the mouth by way of balanced and lightly shaded reds, to perfumes of rose,...
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The 2007 Barolo Aeroplan Servaj is plush, rich and voluminous, all qualities that are typical of the year. Dark red...
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This wine was not produced in 2012. The excellent 2013 Barolo Aeroplan Servaj (with fruit from the clay soils of...
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The 2007 Barolo Ciabot Mentin is one of the greatest wines I have ever tasted at this address. Deep, sensual layers...
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This is amazing on the nose with roses, plums, raspberries and currants. Full bodied, with beautiful balance and...
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Pajana represents the lower end of the same site that produces fruit for the Barolo Ciabot Mentin. The soils are a...
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Warm and inviting, offering rich flavors of cherry, raspberry, rose and spice, with flashes of mineral and tobacco....
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This was the last Barolo we tasted in Altare's lineup, organized by increasing measure of intensity and power, and...
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The 2013 Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate is powerful and intense, with huge beams of tannin underpinning the fruit. Black...
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Firm and unyielding today, yet with latent aromas and flavors of cherry, rose, tobacco and tar. Supported by a...
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Aromas of blueberries and bacon and hints of wet earth. Full body, with velvety and round tannins and a juicy finish....
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2007 2013 Italy 750ml

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.