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750ml - Case of 6
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$38.40
Opens with aromas of honey, papaya and mango. Layered fla-vors on the palate of white pepper, balsamic, and ample...
750ml - Case of 6
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$34.20
Soft and clean aromas of tropical fruit and eucalyptus on the nose. Fresh sugar cane on the palate with notes of of...
750ml
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$12.57
12 bottles:
$12.32
Colour: Intense bright red colour with violet reflections.
Nose: Flavours of prune, tobacco and vanilla.
Taste: Dry,...
750ml
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$57.01
6 bottles:
$42.86
This luscious cachaça is aged up to two years in barrels made from a rare Brazilian wood called amburana, hence the...
750ml
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$17.64
$19.60
12 bottles:
$15.83
A clean, simple Gavi with sliced apples and hints of stones and white almonds. Crisp, dry and light on the palate...
750ml
Bottle:
$20.88
12 bottles:
$20.46
Pale straw yellow in colour, clear and bright, with greenish tinges. Fresh and floral nose, good intensity and...
750ml
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$22.95
12 bottles:
$22.49
The 2022 Nero d'Avola is dark and woodsy in the glass, with dried blueberries and exotic spices lifted by sage hints....
750ml
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$11.94
$12.74
12 bottles:
$11.16
An easy-drinking red, with flavors of roasted plum and grilled herbs, plus hints of mocha and smoke. Chewy. Touriga...
750ml
Bottle:
$32.72
6 bottles:
$32.07
COLOR: Pale straw yellow with green reflections.
NOSE: Rich and intense bouquet on the nose, with complex fragrances...
750ml
Bottle:
$18.72
6 bottles:
$18.35
Lemons, sliced apples, wet stones and apricots on the nose. Creamy, medium-bodied and fresh, with deliciously clear...
750ml
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$13.90
$15.08
12 bottles:
$13.59
A complexity of honeydew melon, apple, pear and acacia with a salty mineral crunch, racy acidity and an almond...
750ml
Bottle:
$11.94
$13.01
An excellent deep, spicy, intriguing red wine from Sicily, the 2023 Nero d’Avolo is a tank-fermented and aged, dark...
750ml
Bottle:
$27.60
12 bottles:
$24.51
CANAVIAIS, meaning “sugarcane fields” in Portuguese, is a verdant, cocktail-friendly cachaça produced from some...
750ml
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$18.93
$20.40
12 bottles:
$18.55
100% Cortese from Ulivi's estate vines in and around Gavi. As always, the fruit was destemmed and spontaneously...
750ml
Bottle:
$12.41
12 bottles:
$12.16
COLOR: Pale yellow with green reflections.
NOSE: Fresh nose with grapefruit notes and underlying minerality.
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750ml
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$13.62
$15.13
The 2022 Nero d'Avola mixes sweet herbal tones with crushed black cherries and wet stone to form an inviting bouquet....
Cachaca Cortese Nero D'avola Mencia
The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.
Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.
Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.