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From Giulio Salvioni’s La Cerbaiola estate, the 2009 Brunello di Montalcino is a fantastic wine with an impressive...
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A wine with a plenty of fruit and an attractive tannin mouth feel. Full and chewy.
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The 2009 d'Alceo comes across as much more classic in style and structure than the 2008. According to Luca di Napoli,...
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Last in the lineup is the 2009 Barolo Sori Ginestra that incorporates many of the high points of the two wines...
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Last in the lineup is the 2009 Barolo Sori Ginestra that incorporates many of the high points of the two wines...
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The Dal Forno family considered the idea of releasing their Amarone ten years after the harvest. If that plan had...
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The 2009 Barolo Via Nuova is the base Barolo and is executed in the most classic fashion. The wine started as a...
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This is a full-bodied wine with lots of chewy tannins and plenty of blueberry and currant character. Long and...
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The 2009 Flaccianello della Pieve is now hitting that very specific point in a wine's evolution in which you still...
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Balanced and fruity with hints of spice and berries and a milk chocolate undertone. Full-bodied, with round tannins...
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The 2009 Sori Tildin is a fascinating wine. The vineyard sits just above Costa Russi, separated only by the road that...
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COLOR: Deep ruby red color with garnet hues. NOSE: The bouquet is complex and sophisticated with elegant notes of...
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The 2009 Guidalberto flows across the palate with layers of radiant red fruit. This is another striking, supple...
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Il Poggione's 2009 Brunello di Montalcino is a bit of a bruiser today, but it is also one of the few 2009s that is...
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Intense bright ruby in color. Complex aromas ranging from floral to wild berries with hints of spice. The palate is...
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This is intense and wonderful with polished tannins and fabulous dark berry and licorice aromas. Flowers too. Full...
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1993 2009 Chile Italy 750ml Pre-Arrival

Chile has a long and rich wine history which dates back to the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century, who were the first to discover that the wonderful climate and fertile soils of this South American country were ideal for vine cultivation. It has only been in the past forty or fifty years, however, that Chile as a modern wine producing nation has really had an impact on the rest of the world. Generally relatively cheap in price,Whilst being widely regarded as definitively 'New World' as a wine producing country, Chile has actually been cultivating grapevines for wine production for over five hundred years. The Iberian conquistadors first introduced vines to Chile with which to make sacramental wines, and although these were considerably different in everything from flavor, aroma and character to the wines we associate with Chile today, the country has a long and interesting heritage when it comes to this drink. Chilean wine production as we know it first arose in the country in the mid to late 19th century, when wealthy landowners and industrialists first began planting vineyards as a way of adopting some European class and style. They quickly discovered that the hot climate, sloping mountainsides and oceanic winds provided a perfect terroir for quality wines, and many of these original estates remain today in all their grandeur and beauty, still producing the wines which made the country famous.

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.