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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $29.80
A fresh, complex, aerial Marsanne-based white wine. Notes of pear, peach, floral (hawthorn) and anise with a hint of...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $98.94
Golden yellow in color with aromas of white pear and apple blossom. Rich and textural on the palate with flavors of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $28.40
Color: Dark ruby red with violet highlights that, after ageing, turn on garnet red. Bouquet: Intense, resolute but...
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750ml
Bottle: $34.90
Very intense and elegant ruby red colour; broad and complex fruity fragrance with hints of plum, cherry jam and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.01
12 bottles: $24.50
The work horse of the region in terms of planted acres, this varietal likens itself to Gamay (Beaujolais), or...
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750ml
Bottle: $38.00
12 bottles: $37.24
• Practicing organic. • 100% Marsanne. • From multiple steep parcels in the villages of Mauves, Tournon – the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $76.94
Undergoing a four-week maceration followed by approximately nine months in French oak (50% new), Es is intoxicating:...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $133.60
Gianfranco Fino has rightfully entered the range of those winegrowers tied to traditions wishing to save old...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $62.40
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White
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
12 bottles: $32.28
• Certified organic. • 100% Marsanne. • From the original Crozes villages of Crozes-Hermitage. • A single...
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750ml
Bottle: $99.94
12 bottles: $97.94
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
• Certified organic. • 100% Marsanne. • 60+ year old vines. • 2 terraced parcels on opposite sides of the...
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750ml
Bottle: $42.94
6 bottles: $42.08
Another beautiful white from the team, the 100% Marsanne 2021 Crozes Hermitage Les Meysonniers Blanc offers up lots...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $595.08 $661.20
Very rich, but racy and well-focused, with a great minerally underpinning to the fresh butter, chamomile, yellow...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $787.95
6 bottles: $772.19
As in 2016, my favorite of the white parcel selections this year is the 2017 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc (231 cases...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $114.81
6 bottles: $112.51
Always a classic Hermitage Blanc, the 2019 Hermitage Chante-Alouette Blanc is all Marsanne that comes mostly from...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Intense and complex of ripe red pulp fruit (cherry, plum, raspberry) in a balanced bottling with light wooden notes....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.20
6 bottles: $44.30
Color: Deep ruby red. Bouquet: Very ripe and intense nose; ripe blackberry and plum, fig, cracked pepper and orange...
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Marsanne Primitivo Mencia 12 Ship Free Items

As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.


Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.