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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $74.53
#4 Top 100, 2016. There's loads here, with apricot, nectarine and clementine flavors stitched with a racy orange zest...
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $228.95
Bright aromas of sliced mangoes, papaya, botrytis, and lemon follow through to a full body. Medium sweet with a...
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375ml - Case of 12
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Bright aromas of sliced mangoes, papaya, botrytis, and lemon follow through to a full body. Medium sweet with a...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $428.10
Bright aromas of sliced mangoes, papaya, botrytis, and lemon follow through to a full body. Medium sweet with a...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $441.23
Bright aromas of sliced mangoes, papaya, botrytis, and lemon follow through to a full body. Medium sweet with a...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $226.76
An intense, honeyed style, with lots of mango, glazed peach, tarte Tatin and maple notes flowing together, backed by...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $47.78
Barrel Sample. This wine shows high acidity that is compensated by the rich texture. It is clearly a wine in...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $64.78
This is really mind-blowing with super concentration of botrytis showing dried mushrooms, dried apricots, and lemon....
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $59.95
This is really mind-blowing with super concentration of botrytis showing dried mushrooms, dried apricots, and lemon....
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $58.18
This is phenomenal with superb depth and texture. Full-bodied and very sweet, yet the bright acidity balances the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $51.03
This is phenomenal with superb depth and texture. Full-bodied and very sweet, yet the bright acidity balances the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $51.87
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $178.03
The first vintage for this Gran Reserva Blanco – and it deserves plenty of success. From a vineayrd at 600m and as...
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Nero D'avola Semillon/sauvignon Blanc Viura 2013 Pre-Arrival

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.