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Bottle: $97.94
Superb brick red/brown appearance with medium depth of color. Very clean fresh aroma with a subdued spicy character...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $312.16
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $252.95
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $753.59
The 2003 Barolo Le Rocche del Falletto is a fascinating wine. It is classic Giacosa, with a lovely core of sweet...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $114.27
Menthol, pine, sweet tobacco and incense are some of the many notes that take shape in the 2003 Barolo Sorì...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $69.95
Chocolate, walnut and ripe berry aromas, with some figs and plums showing the heat of the vintage. Full-bodied and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $48.90
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $77.03
Fonseca vintage Ports are always among the most attractive and long-lived. This 2003 conforms magnificently to that...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $54.95
Fonseca vintage Ports are always among the most attractive and long-lived. This 2003 conforms magnificently to that...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $365.95
Vintages of this wine between 1996 and 2011 are labelled Langhe Sori San Lorenzo.
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $51.67
Very big and chewy. My mouth is puckering beyond belief. This is serious young Port. Full, medium-sweet with a long...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $76.66
Deep, saturated ruby. Initially reticent aromas of dark chocolate and nuts; showed a high-pitched eucalyptus quality...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $164.48
Shows aromas of flowers and berries, with hints of vanilla and a touch of rosebud. Full-bodied and very concentrated,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $258.25
A single-vineyard blend of 95% Sangiovese and 5% Colorino from Casanova, Terricciola, aged in new, medium-toasted...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $242.95
The 2003 Scrio (100% Syrah) is another terrific effort from Le Macchiole. Packed with clove, cinnamon, sweet dark...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $68.42
Intense garnet red in color, the powerful Marenca has a fresh nose with great complexity of aromas, layering wild...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $239.95
The 2003 Ornellaia (magnum) is another impressive wine. Owing to the heat of the vintage, this is an especially ripe,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $196.95
Rocche dell’Annunziata is all about finesse, details, weightless elegance. It’s a symphony of ethereal aromas...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $139.83
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $399.14
Loads of fresh, ripe strawberry on the nose, with lemony undertones. Full-bodied, with big, silky tannins and a long,...
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2003 Italy Montenegro Portugal

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.

Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.