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Aged 10 months in Stainless steel tanks with periodic battonage. Then aged for an additional month in bottle before...
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100% Cabernet Franc from the Ampeleia di Sopra parcels at 450-600 meters above sea level. Vines were planted between...
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The primarily floral nose features notes of roses and violets, then plums and black cherries, with undertones of...
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Color: Bright and straw yellow with green highlights.
Bouquet: Pleasant hints of white flowers and peach.
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Mid-weighted, fresh and appetizing. Kick about the beach sort of stuff, with a whiff of seriousness and versatility...
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A beautiful Cabernet Franc with roses, dark berry and dried mushroom. Sweet plum and prune give it an elegant...
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Fragrant nose of violets, dried flowers, plums, morello cherries, milk chocolate and toffee. It’s supple and juicy,...
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A pure and juicy red with black berries, juicy fruit, spice and fresh herbs, like thyme. Some terra-cotta....
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Lime blossom, peaches, herbs, olives and salted lemons. Tangy and zesty, with a medium body and a pithy, waxy finish....
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An example of the vintage handled well. Apricot, ginger, marzipan and white peach. Yet the wine never drifts into...
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This feels bit more worked than other expressions across the range. Smoky. Quinine-bitter, with a stream of fresh...
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Leuta 2,618 Cabernet Franc IGT Toscana comes from a vineyard cultivated in Cortona - Tuscany - IT -. The intrinsic...
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• 100% Gamay.
• From .6 hectares in two separate plots of 15-year-old vines – one at 600 meters above sea level...
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What a cool and peppery nose with lots of tapenade, cherries, peppercorn and grilled red chili pepper. A juicy, spicy...
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Shows minerally hints of petrol and smoke on the nose that transition to underscore poached apricot, Meyer lemon peel...
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This Falanghina has a beautiful, delicate, and floral component on the nose while full and refreshing on the palate....
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The 2021 Poggio de Colli, 100% Cabernet Franc, is stunning. It’s peppery and floral throughout, with masses of...
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The finest dark chocolate, roses, cedar, sage, dried red currants, spiced orange peel; you can go on and on with a...
Cabernet Franc Falanghina Gamay Other Italian Reds Italy
Cabernet Franc is not simply an important grape varietal for the fact that it is one of the most widely grown strains of vine in the world, but also because it is a vital grape in the production of many of the finest wines the world has ever seen. For centuries in its native France, it has been a varietal synonymous with elegance and high quality, and has become a key fruit in the production of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux-style blended wines which have gone down in history thanks to their magnificent flavors, aromas and levels of aged complexity. However, Cabernet Franc is also a wine grape varietal for use in single variety, unblended wines, and has plenty to offer on its own. Most commonly, it is renowned for its wide bouquet, which often includes fascinating notes of tobacco, violets or bell pepper over a beautifully pale and decadent liquid.
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
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.