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A more forward style of Brunate with dark berry as well as orange peel and rose petal. Medium body, firm and silky,...
750ml
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$120.79
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$120.00
Aromas of rose petal and grapefruit follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a fresh and brilliant...
750ml
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$41.93
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$41.09
• 90% Sangiovese with 10% Canaiolo.
• “Gandino” is a combination of “Gano” and “Dino” who were the...
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$72.72
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$72.00
Bright red-ruby. Perfumed aromas and flavors of red cherry, violet, underbrush, licorice and sweet spices. Clean,...
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The 2013 Ghemme Anno Primo shows just how well these wines age. At nearly ten years of age it is just starting to...
750ml
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$64.95
$72.00
The Casanova della Spinetta 2008 Sassontino is a late-release wine that hits the market with 10 additional years of...
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$119.94
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$117.54
Chocolate, sweet spice, tobacco, leather and dark berry fruit give this Brunello a bold and impactful first...
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$49.90
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A fresh and balanced red with cherry, lemon and hints of cedar. Medium to full body, fine tannins and a powerful...
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$139.80
Savory herbs, tobacco, mint, licorice and dark cherries take shape in the glass as the 2008 Chianti Classico Riserva...
750ml - Case of 12
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$92.32
Beautifully seductive with ripe berry, meat and leather character that turns to cedar. Full body, soft and velvety...
750ml
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$249.90
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The purity of this wine is pretty phenomenal with blackberries, strawberries, fresh flowers and licorice. Hints of...
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$62.93
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A red with soft and silky tannins and ripe and sweet fruit. Full and juicy with a dried strawberry and plum...
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COLOR: Ruby red color, tending to garnet with aging.
PERFUME: Bouquet of berries, spices (white pepper, licorice),...
750ml
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$80.80
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$80.00
This estate sources Barolo grapes from four communes, but its only single-vineyard bottling is from this outstanding...
750ml
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$59.93
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Color: Ruby red with orange tints.
Perfume: Intense nose, rich in spices with dark berries and fruits and dried...
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•100% Nebbiolo from the Mombeltramo cru vineyard.
•280 meters above sea level.
•Calcareous clay stratified with...
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• 100% Nebbiolo.
• Malvira’s top red from their old vines in the Trinita cru of Roero.
• Soil rich with...
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• 100% Nebbiolo from the Renesio vineyard.
• Calcareous clay soil.
• Harvested in October.
• Fermentation and...
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$135.00
This red is beginning to hit its stride, featuring fading cherry and berry fruit, mushroom and woodsy notes, menthol...
750ml
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$222.00
The 2013 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva was released in January of 2019, and once again it looks to be a top...
Nebbiolo Sangiovese 2008 2013 Italy
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.
The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old 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.