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750ml
Bottle:
$42.72
6 bottles:
$42.00
The 2010 Montefalco Sagrantino Sacer is dark and imposing in the glass. An air of crushed rocks gives way to balsamic...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$23.20
This is very rich red with layers of dried fruits, walnuts and chocolate. Full body, velvety tannins and a flavorful...
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Caiarossa Toscana 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$71.62
A full-bodied red with so much ripe berry and plum fruit that it verges on jammy, yet it turns out velvety and...
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Fattoria Galardi Terra Di Lavoro 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$81.94
Formerly labeled Roccamonfina IGP.
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$187.53
A rush of intense blue and black stone fruits, tobacco, smoke, licorice, spices and new leather hits the palate in...
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Guidalberto (Tenuta San Guido) Toscana IGT 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$60.63
The 2010 Guidalberto comes across as cool and inward in this vintage. Most recent Guidalbertos have been delicious...
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Le Macchiole Paleo Rosso 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$174.38
Fine, silky tannins provide the backdrop for the 2010 Paleo Rosso, a wine that captivates for its exquisite, graceful...
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Monteverro Toscana Rosso 2010
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$215.01
The flagship estate wine, 2010 Monteverro, is absolutely stunning. The blend is Cabernet Sauvignon (45%), Cabernet...
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Ornellaia Bolgheri 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$299.95
Poured from the special anniversary bottle, the 2010 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is a truly outstanding wine that...
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Sassicaia (Tenuta San Guido) Bolgheri 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$299.94
The 2010 vintage was another cool year, with a wet start then a hot and dry July before more rainfall in August....
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Tenuta Luce Toscana Della Vite 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$133.56
#7 Top100 Italian, 2013. This is clearly the greatest Luce ever. A wine with currants and blueberries with hints of...
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Tignanello Toscana 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$215.62
One of the best Tignanellos ever made. Aromas of currants and blueberries with hints of flowers. Full body with fine...
Grenache Italian Red Blends Pelaverga 2010 Italy 750ml
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.
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.