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A beautiful, vintage-dated tawny that straddles the fruit of a young port with the nutty and walnut character of a...
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From Giulio Salvioni’s La Cerbaiola estate, the 2009 Brunello di Montalcino is a fantastic wine with an impressive...
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A wine with a plenty of fruit and an attractive tannin mouth feel. Full and chewy.
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Soldera's next release is the 2009 Toscana Sangiovese, which is still in cask. The raciness, warmth and overall...
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Phenomenal aromas and flavors of pure fruit with stones and rock. Turns to mint and eucalyptus. Full body, with...
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Il Poggione's 2009 Brunello di Montalcino is a bit of a bruiser today, but it is also one of the few 2009s that is...
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Intense bright ruby in color. Complex aromas ranging from floral to wild berries with hints of spice. The palate is...
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Bright red-ruby. Enticing aromas of cassis, black cherry, licorice and wild herbs. Dense, layered and deep; at once...
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750ml - Case of 6
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A more mineral, floral-tinged style in this vintage, with blueberry and blackberry fruits, beautifully aromatic if a...
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750ml - Case of 12
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Nose: Floral Notes of Violets & Cassis, Red & Black Cherry Fruit. Palate: Rich, Plush Mouthfeel, Crushed Red Cherries...
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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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Sweet berries, cherries, cedar and dried flowers on the nose. Some lemon and lime zest, too! Medium-to full-bodied...
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Taking its name from an aromatic wild herb, our Brunello di Montalcino Helichrysum comes from the highest vineyards...
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750ml - Case of 6
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Such incredible aromatics on this wine, so much going on. Wildly perfumed, like wild meadow flowers with cherry,...
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Bright, saturated medium ruby. Black fruits, tobacco, licorice, wild herbs and an intriguing balsamic note on the...
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Merlot Red Blend Sangiovese 2009 750ml Wine

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.

The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.