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750ml
Bottle:
$79.80
Brilliant yellow-gold. Powerful scents of nectarine, pear nectar and Meyer lemon pick up vanilla, honey and smoky...
750ml
Bottle:
$217.50
This offers a jaw-dropping display of white peach, creamed Jonagold apple, Cavaillon melon and persimmon fruit...
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Masseto Toscana 2012
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$874.97
#11 Top100 Italian wine of 2015. Fantastic aromas of lavender, rosemary, violets and currants. Full body, a wonderful...
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Petrolo Toscana Galatrona IGT 2012
750ml - Case of 6
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$93.30
Very racy and refined with bright acidity and a blueberry and dark-chocolate character. Love the interplay of acidity...
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Podere Poggio Scalette Piantonaia IGT 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$128.95
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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Tua Rita Redigaffi 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$132.72
Ten years on the Redigaffi shows it's vibrancy with lifted aromas of savoury spice, violet and fennel. The palate is...
Merlot White Rhone Blend 2012
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 Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the historic wineries and skilled vintners of the area. The secret to the Rhone's success when it comes to blended white wines is the careful and expert selection of certain grape varietals, which each lend special features to the blended wine and bring balance and harmony to the bottle. Most commonly, blended white Rhone wines feature no more than two grapes of either the Viognier, Rousanne, Marsanne or Grenache Blanc varietals, and are renowned for their exceptional flavors and highly aromatic, floral character.