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A wine that stands out on the nose for intense and elegant fruity and floral aromas. In the mouth there are hints of...
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Floral on the nose with lively crunchy strawberries and dried herbs notes. Inviting palate with persistent bubbles...
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This is fresh and vivid with notes of lemon-drops, sliced pears, guava, elderflower and crushed stones. Medium-bodied...
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Chopped apples, cream, lemons, flint and salted crackers. Layered and smooth, with a creamy texture and medium to...
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Soft and elegant with lively bubbles, this sweet Sparkling Peach Moscato has intense aromas and flavors of freshly...
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Elegant and fragrant, this lovely white opens with aromas of white orchard fruit, bread dough, vanilla and toasted...
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AROMA: Floral aromas, hints of exotic fruit, apples, yellow peaches and flint stone.
TASTE: Fresh with a savory finish.
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Subtle notes of apples, glazed lemons, honeysuckle and bakeries. Some spicy notes, too. Medium-bodied, creamy and...
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This is an excellent new sparkling wine with lots of dough and apple character, plus hints of lime. Full to medium...
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The NV Fiegl Rosé Brut is a Metodo Classico Pinot Grigio that shows a lifted and floral display of dusty white...
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DrankAnte comes from the same four parcels as Vignesperse. A Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo, Moscato d'Amburgo, Bonarda,...
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100% Sangiovese. This Sangiovese rosato pet-nat is part of Silvio Messana's new small-project négoce line, bottled...
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Straw yellow color with golden nuances, fine and persistent perlage, floral and ripe white fruit notes. Fresh and...
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Apricot, almond, peach blossoms; in the mouth great flavor, medium persistence.
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Color: Bright straw yellow with fine bubbles. Aroma: The boquet is fragrant and bursting with fruit notes. It...
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This is juicy and savory with waxed lemons, ripe pineapple, dried flowers and beeswax. Medium-bodied with vivid...
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Golden yellow in color with aromas of ripe bananas and fresh grapefruit with a hint of vanilla. Rich on the palate...
Champagne Blend Chardonnay Vermentino Nero Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia Tuscany 750ml
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
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.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is an important Italian wine region, situated high in the northernmost parts of the country, and close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders. As such, there is a considerable Germanic influence on the wines of this region, with varietals such as Riesling growing alongside Italian classics such as Pinot Grigio. The finest wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia are considered to be those which capture the alpine essence of the region, with its pine scented terroirs and crystal mountain waters which run down from the mountains. There are also several interesting lesser known grape varietals processed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which gives the region a unique wine culture which the local wine makers are immensely proud of, and which makes the region a fascinating one to explore.
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.