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White
750ml
Bottle: $10.94 $12.41
12 bottles: $10.93
COLOR: Pale yellow with green reflections. NOSE: Fresh nose with grapefruit notes and underlying minerality. FLAVOR:...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.99
12 bottles: $19.60
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.80
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.58
100% Cortese. The perfect white to stock your fridge with when friends and family come over. Beautiful apricot and...
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $12.35
100% Cortese. The grapes used in this classic example of Gavi grew in the shadow of “Il Forte,” the iconic...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.90
Straw yellow with slightly greenish reflections. Intense scents of white flowers and fruit exacerbated by a delicate...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $12.32
This Merlot is deep red in color with violet hues. In the nose are notes of dark fruits such as black cherry and...
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.80
12 bottles: $18.42
The Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi has always been integral to the historic identity of Villa Sparina. It is a great...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $127.29
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $160.52
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $867.95
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $145.71
Produced entirely form Merlot grapes in a Vineyard located on the higher part of the Ruffoli hill in the heart of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $239.03
Lots of personality here, with aromas of black cherries, olives, seaweed, milk chocolate and salted plums. Velvety...
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Cortese Merlot 2009 2023

The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.

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.