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• 100% Nebbiolo. • Malvira’s top red from their old vines in the Trinita cru of Roero. • Soil rich with...
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750ml
Bottle: $109.93
12 bottles: $107.73
This polished and structured Barolo presents rich fruit and floral scents of black cherry, plum and rose. The dark...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $262.18
This producer has made an outstanding Barolo 2009—no easy feat in this vintage. This bottling is made from top...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $82.97
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750ml - Case of 6
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Last in the lineup is the 2009 Barolo Sori Ginestra that incorporates many of the high points of the two wines...
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Last in the lineup is the 2009 Barolo Sori Ginestra that incorporates many of the high points of the two wines...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $229.25
Lots of ripe berry character from the 2009 vintage with chocolate and cedar. Tobacco too. Full body, round and soft...
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The 2009 Barolo Via Nuova is the base Barolo and is executed in the most classic fashion. The wine started as a...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $357.95
The 2009 Sori Tildin is a fascinating wine. The vineyard sits just above Costa Russi, separated only by the road that...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $216.12
Good deep red. Knockout, almost liqueur-like nose combines plum, redcurrant, red licorice, marzipan, menthol,...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $298.12
COLOR: Deep ruby red color with garnet hues. NOSE: The bouquet is complex and sophisticated with elegant notes of...
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750ml - Case of 6
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This is intense and wonderful with polished tannins and fabulous dark berry and licorice aromas. Flowers too. Full...
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750ml - Case of 3
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The single-vineyard 2009 Barolo Cannubi Boschis opens with intense focus and sharpness. Beyond its dark color and...
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The 2009 Barolo Le Vigne shows class and pedigree with bright fruit tones carefully wrapped within the wine’s...
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Oddero owns a precious 0.80 hectares at the pinnacle of this famed cru: 360 metres above sea level with a full south...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $107.13
The concentration and richness of this Barolo where the charm of Nebbiolo is fully expressed. Harmonious and very...
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Bottle: $71.28
Aromas of shaved chocolate, some nuts and red berries. Full body, with compacted tannins that are soft and velvety....
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Pio Cesare offers two very distinct expressions of Barolo. The first, the 2009 Barolo, shows classic lines and...
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Mencia Nebbiolo Petite Sirah 2009

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.

Petite Sirah was first brought from France to America in the 1880s. It later went on to become one of the only grapes to make it through the devastating Phylloxera virus in the 1890s, both World Wars, and the Great Depression. During Prohibition, it was a main ingredient used to make sacramental wines. In fact, through the 1960s it was a major blending grape in a number of the finest wines produced in California.

By itself, a bottle of Petite Sirah usually has no problem making a quick impression on consumers. With a large amount of natural color and tannins, wines made with the grape commonly feature intensive sweet fruit characteristics like fresh raspberry or blackberry jam, black pepper spice, and plenty of backbone or structure.

There are a number of different styles available. Some concentrate on highlighting fresh, fruity flavors; others are bigger, more voluptuous; and it keeps going up the ladder until you reach the powerful, more machismo-style category.