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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $9.51
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.73
12 bottles: $13.99
Dried flowers, cherries, sage and tobacco on the nose. Full-bodied, with savory and mineral layers framed by firm...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.57
Intense aroma of dry fruits and flowers. Dry and savory with soft tannins & notes of dark cherry and red berry fruit....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.95
12 bottles: $16.61
100% Montepulciano from a 0.5ha parcel planted in 1985, facing west at 250m, on silty clay with gypsum outcroppings....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.79 $20.88
12 bottles: $14.25
This 100% Montepulciano is ruby red with a garnet rim. Intense, persistent and fruity (red fruits, plum) with hints...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.94 $13.91
12 bottles: $11.12
The crackling, astringent nose features aromas of cranberries, plums, pepper, herbs and cocoa. On the palate, an...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.99
The crackling, astringent nose features aromas of cranberries, plums, pepper, herbs and cocoa. On the palate, an...
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88
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00 $20.00
Violet and lavender florals give way to sugar-dusted blackberries and spice as the 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo...
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91
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.90 $14.73
12 bottles: $13.18
La Valentina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is an excellent example of the Abruzzo region’s most characteristic wine—a...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $19.94 $21.34
6 bottles: $18.61
The appellation, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, reveals exactly what this wine is: montepulciano grapes from the Abruzzo...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.80 $12.00
The appellation, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, reveals exactly what this wine is: montepulciano grapes from the Abruzzo...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.83 $17.59
12 bottles: $13.18
Here's a solid, straightforward red that opens with aromas of sour cherry and a whiff of new leather. The ripe fruity...
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $22.94
6 bottles: $22.48
Color: Deep ruby red. Bouquet: Intense, complex. Aromatic notes: Red fruit, cherry, redcurrants, violets.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.70 $13.00
Color: Deep ruby red. Bouquet: Intense, complex. Aromatic notes: Red fruit, cherry, redcurrants, violets.
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.60
12 bottles: $21.17
• 100% Palomino (from several different heritage clones). • Sourced from 60-plus year-old vines in La Mendoza, a...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
Dusty and floral in the glass, the 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo slowly opens with a blend of violet, lavender and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.40
12 bottles: $19.99
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $159.95
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $117.48

Mencia Montepulciano Sherry 2021

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.