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Red
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Bottle: $59.89 $60.79
A silky and very polished Barolo with cedar and floral character, as well as plenty of strawberries. Medium body and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.89 $60.79
Wild aromas of dried fruit, fresh herbs, rosebushes and thyme. Medium body and soft, silky tannins. A delicious...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.89 $60.79
Aromas of cedar with flowers and dried strawberries following through to medium body. Fine tannins and a fresh, solid...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $194.00
6 bottles: $192.80
Luminous bright red. Perfumed aromas of red cherry, red rose, violet and minerals are complicated by delicate hints...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
• 100% Nebbiolo. • Grown in calcareous clay/sandy soils. • 360 to 400 meters above sea level located within the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.84
12 bottles: $53.74
Quite an aromatic Barolo for 2014. Ripe plums, dried cherries and candied orange on the nose. Some real tannic power...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.56 $23.50
Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, and macerated in open-topped wooden vats for 20 days without refrigeration....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.00
12 bottles: $44.10
Tar and leather aromas and flavors here. Chewy tannins and a savory finish. A little tough now but nothing that a few...
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Bottle: $181.32
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Bottle: $1172.95 $1247.07
The 2005 Barolo is super-delicate and finessed. This is a decidedly restrained, feminine style of Barolo laced with...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $244.14
Camphor, fresh earth, incense and tobacco notes swirl around the core of cherry, rendering this aromatic. Firm on the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $61.78
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $129.35
This is a difficult wine to find in the marketplace and it is rarely presented for official review. In fact, the last...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $335.95
Incredible aromas of violets, roses and blue fruits. So perfumed. Never smelled a wine like this before. Full body,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $291.87
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $372.02
The 2005 Barbaresco Santo Stefano is striking in its beauty. This firm, structured wine bursts from the glass with...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $240.06
Red garnet in color. Intense and fine aromas of fresh red fruit. The palate presents good freshness, excellent...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $163.49
Impressive fresh leather-clad red cherries with a subtle earthiness in the background. Quite pure. Floral and...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $761.95
The aromas are so seductive with dried roses and berries. Tar and asphalt, too. Full bodied, very tight and powerful....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $394.95
The aromas are so seductive with dried roses and berries. Tar and asphalt, too. Full bodied, very tight and powerful....
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Red Merlot Nebbiolo 2005 2014 Italy

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.

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.

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.