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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.93 $44.32
The fruit is on the darker side for the vintage, evoking black cherry, blackberry and dark plum flavors, while earth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $72.72
6 bottles: $72.00
Bright red-ruby. Perfumed aromas and flavors of red cherry, violet, underbrush, licorice and sweet spices. Clean,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $89.94
6 bottles: $88.14
This linear, almost racy red is bisected by a beam of cherry, strawberry and currant, with iron, earth and eucalyptus...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.10
Brilliant ruby red. Clean and bright aromas of red cherry, wild berry, and dried herbs. Full and soft on the palate...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
94% Sangiovese, 3% Malvasia Nera, 3% Canaiolo. Co-harvested/co-fermented in unlined concrete with macerations lasting...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.95
12 bottles: $34.25
100% Sangiovese, with yields at 35 hl/ha. The wine was fermented in open-top stainless steel vats with macerations...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $28.84 $30.36
6 bottles: $19.20
Our Candoni Chianti comes from a very careful selection of Sangiovese and Canaiolo grapes. It has an intense ruby-red...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.32 $19.28
12 bottles: $15.05
Our Candoni Chianti comes from a very careful selection of Sangiovese and Canaiolo grapes. It has an intense ruby-red...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $62.84
12 bottles: $61.58
Aromas of redcurrants and red flowers, followed by a touch of pie crust and sandalwood. Full-bodied with steely and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $128.83
6 bottles: $126.25
The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva wafts up with a classic Capanna profile, rich yet elegant, with masses of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $7.99
Smooth, perfumed red fruit aromas lead to a red, berry and cherry palate with excellent structure and a long, elegant...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $128.94
12 bottles: $126.36
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Adalberto is a seductress, tempting the imagination with an array of exotic...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.90 $22.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.84 $55.60
6 bottles: $54.40
Wine of great personality and thickness, it has an intense ruby ??color. The bouquet has balsamic and spicy notes....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.74 $33.20
12 bottles: $30.40
A dense, brooding style, this red evokes black cherry, plum and tar flavors. Offers beefy yet not overly astringent...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.50 $16.08
La Spinetta has decided to vinify this variety in purity, in order to enhance its peculiarities. The scents are...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.85
12 bottles: $16.51
Intense ruby red in color with intense cherry and spicy mint characteristics on the nose. Densely rich on the palate,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.93 $72.00
The 2006 Sassontino is a pure expression of Sangiovese from 45-year-old vines. Past editions of this wine saw a small...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
Here is another late-release Sangiovese from Casanova della Spinetta, only in this case, fruit is sourced from...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
The Casanova della Spinetta 2008 Sassontino is a late-release wine that hits the market with 10 additional years of...
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Pinot Gris Sangiovese Italy Tuscany

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.

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.

The central Italian region of Tuscany is widely understood to be one of the world's most famous and highly regarded wine regions. The beautiful rolling hillsides and medieval towns and castles which are a key feature of the area are also home to many of Europe's finest wineries, and extremely high quality vineyards growing the distinctive Sangiovese and Vernaccia grape varietals which are the flavorful backbone of Tuscany's wonderful red and white wines. For almost three thousand years, this region has been recognized as an ideal home for wine production on a large scale, and the ancient Etruscans, Greeks and Romans all noticed that fine grape varietals flourished on the unique soils and under the hot sunshine which typifies the area. Today, Tuscany is home to a wide range of wines, from the traditional to the complex, but all dedicated to excellent flavors and aromas, and maintaining the region's international reputation.