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The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino shows delicate aromas of blue flower, redcurrant, cranberry and potting soils. It has...
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Offering complex aromas of rose, truffle, cherry, leather, iron and licorice, this keeps coming at you, delivering...
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Though muscular in style and rippled with firm, dusty tannins, this Brunello has the requisite ripe cherry and plum...
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A lush style, this red evokes cherry, strawberry, iron, earth, licorice and tobacco aromas and flavors. Intense and...
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The 2018 Rosso di Montalcino makes itself known with a captivating and layered display of sour cherries and animal...
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The color is bright and brilliant ruby red and it shows the typical aroma of ripe plum and berries notes that blend...
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The color is bright and brilliant ruby red and it shows the typical aroma of ripe plum and berries notes that blend...
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This rich, round red is marked by plum and cherry fruit, with grace notes of wild rosemary, juniper and stony...
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The old vines of the Vigna Schiena d'Asino express the maximum expression of the native Sangiovese, offering a wine...
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The old vines of the Vigna Schiena d'Asino express the maximum expression of the native Sangiovese, offering a wine...
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Sangiovese Italy

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.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.