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Red plum, currants and cedar aromas with a touch of earthy goodness. This wine is medium to full-bodied and...
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A clean, simple Gavi with sliced apples and hints of stones and white almonds. Crisp, dry and light on the palate...
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• 100% Merlot. • Sourced from four vineyards in the Yakima Valley, Red Mountain and Columbia Valleys. • Sees...
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Pale straw yellow in colour, clear and bright, with greenish tinges. Fresh and floral nose, good intensity and...
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Notes of cassis and red fruit on the nose. In the mouth the wine is silky with structured tannins, light spice, and...
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750ml
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40g/RS so yes, a Gewürz with a little sweetness. It’s also miraculously light on its feet and actually has acid....
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750ml
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Lemons, sliced apples, wet stones and apricots on the nose. Creamy, medium-bodied and fresh, with deliciously clear...
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A complexity of honeydew melon, apple, pear and acacia with a salty mineral crunch, racy acidity and an almond...
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The color is deep ruby red, almost garnet. Berry-like aroma, intense, with typical Merlot character. Dry, soft,...
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Red
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Color: Clean burgundy color with cherry hues. Nose: Expressive nose of red and black fruit such as blackberry along...
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Red
750ml
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In 2015, chateau owner Bertrand Gourdou was searching through an old desk when he came across a label that his...
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• Practicing organic. • 100% Merlot. • A 3 ha parcel on the plateau of Canon Fronsac. • Limestone and clay...
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750ml
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Deep color, peppery aromas, a fresh first impression, constant presence on the palate and a lively finish. Aromas of...
Red
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COLOUR: An extremely deep garnet red. BOUQUET: An expressive aroma of red berry notes, like cherry and raspberry, and...
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91-92 This is dark-fruited with nut shell and cedar notes. Medium-bodied. Juicy but firm with some chewiness at the end.
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White
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Light and clear with a heavenly bouquet reminiscent of almond trees in blossom. Dry and harmonious with a final...
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The Cortese grape always makes for etched and sharp white wines with a strong salty mineral component. That's exactly...
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Cortese Gewurztraminer Merlot 2022 750ml

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.

Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.

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.