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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$19.50
Deep violet colour, with the typical fruity note, almost “vinoso” that would get lost if aged in wooden barrels....
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Ca' Marcanda (Gaja) Bolgheri Camarcanda 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$141.95
Angelo Gaja and his daughter Gaia Gaja don’t make Bolgheri Superiore wines, although this wine qualifies as such....
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Castello Dei Rampolla D'alceo 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$180.56
Readers should do whatever they can to get their hands on a few bottles of the 2013 d'Alceo. Seamless and voluptuous...
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Castello Dei Rampolla Toscana Sammarco 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$91.95
The 2013 Sammarco is a stunning wine. Super-expressive aromatics make a strong opening statement in a wine endowed...
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Fattoria Le Pupille Toscana Saffredi IGT 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$85.32
This is another great Saffredi following the perfect 100-point 2012. I tasted it a year ago and thought it was...
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La Massa Toscana Carla 6 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$91.12
A dense, concentrated style, with polished toast and vanilla-tinged oak enveloping black cherry and blackberry fruit....
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Marchesi Mazzei Toscana Siepi 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$89.28
This is a wonderful follow-up to the superb 2012. Aromas are so intriguing with raspberry, blackberry and light...
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Morisfarms Avvoltore 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$61.95
There are plenty of black cherry, plum, earth and spice flavors here, but also dense, assertive tannins. Not for...
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Orma Toscana IGT 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$109.98
Aromas of blackberries, burnt oranges, licorice and spices follow through to a full body, super-integrated and fine...
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Ornellaia Bolgheri 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$226.12
#84 Top 100, 2016. Amazing graphite and violet aromas with dark fruits. Medium to full body, ultra-velvety tannins...
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Querciabella Camartina 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$123.65
The 2013 Camartina is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese, all from the Ruffoli sub-zone of Greve. It’s...
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Sassicaia (Tenuta San Guido) Bolgheri 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$283.47
The Sassicaia 2013 is just beautiful, and it takes a leap forward in quality. There is even greater precision and...
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Sassicaia (Tenuta San Guido) Bolgheri 2013
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$324.39
The Sassicaia 2013 is just beautiful, and it takes a leap forward in quality. There is even greater precision and...
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Solaia Toscana 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$360.15
Lots of blackberry and other dark-berry character in addition to stones and currants. Full, tight and focused with...
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Tenuta Di Biserno Toscana 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$127.88
Biserno shows immediately its quality with taste of impeccable cherry, blackberry and dark prune flavors. It presents...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$164.73
This is a very sleek and racy wine with lots of stone, white-pepper and fresh-rosemary character. Then it takes off...
Grenache Italian Red Blends Pelaverga 2013 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.