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The small vineyard of Cottà located in the municipality of Neive was purchased by family in the 1970’s. It was...
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Menthol, pipe tobacco and ripe red berry aromas mingle with whiffs of violet on this radiant red. Linear and...
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The small vineyard of Cottà located in the municipality of Neive was purchased by family in the 1970’s. It was...
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Ripe berry, blue flower and menthol aromas shape the nose. Full-bodied and enveloping, the savory palate offers...
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Enticing scents of camphor, blue flowers and wild berries come to the forefront along with spicy notes. Elegantly...
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The Loreto vineyard is located on the west side of the Geographical Mention “Ovello”, in the heart of the...
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“Ronchi” is deeply rooted in the Rocca family’s history, as their most historical vineyard. In this...
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This is an ultra fine Barolo with cherries, spice, cedar and hints of dried flowers on the nose and palate. It’s...
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Fascinating aromas of ripe strawberry, bark, mushroom and black tea follow through to a full body with round, creamy...
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The 2019 Barolo has a pretty bouquet that is laced with light fruit, licorice and lots of blue flower. On the palate,...
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Fresh flowers with strawberries and cedar throughout this. It’s medium-to full-bodied with a very compact palate of...
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The 2018 Barolo Bricco Fiasco reveals a dark and brooding character with dark fruit, iron ore, rusty earth, tar and...
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Melon de Bourgogne Mencia Nebbiolo Pre-Arrival

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.

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.