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A. Et P. De Villaine Bouzeron 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$52.00
The 2017 Bouzeron is showing very well after a year in bottle, unfurling in the glass with scents of fresh peaches,...
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A. Et P. De Villaine Bouzeron 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$40.33
There is a pure lemony fruit on the initial attack here, but there is more complexity than that, with saline, iodine...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$47.95
The Giacosa family does a great job with its high-end wines and its entry-level products alike. The 2020 Roero Arneis...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$36.67
A richer and rounder-textured Arneis with medium to full body. Lemon and spicy pear. Some cooked apple, too. Really...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$37.56
Energetic and bright with sliced green apples, mangoes and citrus with some honeysuckle. It’s medium- to...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$37.68
On the nose, the wine develops a complex aromatic palette which includes citrus fruit, peaches and fresh bread. The...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$41.85
On the nose, the wine develops a complex aromatic palette which includes citrus fruit, peaches and fresh bread. The...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$41.85
On the nose, the wine develops a complex aromatic palette which includes citrus fruit, peaches and fresh bread. The...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$6996.45
Aligote Arneis Melon de Bourgogne Pre-Arrival Wine
The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.