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750ml
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$16.63
$18.48
12 bottles:
$13.99
Merlot has settled in Sicily. The balanced and round character of this grape variety meets the Sicilian sun.
750ml
Bottle:
$13.50
12 bottles:
$13.23
Wine with a ruby red color, it has an intense, pleasant and balanced aroma. Excellent in combination with red meats...
750ml
Bottle:
$37.20
6 bottles:
$36.46
The powerful Quercegobbe Toscana from Petra comes into the glass with dense crimson. After the first swirl, this red...
750ml
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$249.84
$264.79
Wow. The aromas are really something else with red fruits, black olives, spices like cardamon and nutmeg, as well as...
750ml
Bottle:
$23.80
12 bottles:
$23.32
If you want to channel your inner Italian, chill a bottle of this quaffable, light-bodied, and botanical red and...
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Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$166.46
One of the greatest Italian Merlots, the pedigree of L'Apparita is evident the minute you raise the glass to your...
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Le Macchiole Toscana Messorio 2008
750ml - Case of 3
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$216.45
This is layered and juicy, with lots of chocolate and berries and loads of other stuff. Full and velvety, with a long...
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Masseto Toscana 2008
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$841.95
Opulent and complex, with dark fruits such as plums and blackberries. Milk chocolate. Dried herbs too. Black olives....
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Petrolo Toscana Galatrona IGT 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$90.51
Though seamless and lusciously saturated with black currant, blackberry, violet, iron, tobacco and spice aromas and...
Merlot Other Italian Reds 2008 2021 Italy 750ml
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.
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.