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750ml - Case of 12
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Appearance: Clear garnet red.
Nose: Rich and intense, with a good concentration of delicate, crisp fruity aromas....
750ml
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$23.94
12 bottles:
$23.46
100% Barbera from selected vineyards in the village of Monforte d’Alba. Vineyards planted from 1980 – 1998. 200...
750ml
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$17.94
12 bottles:
$17.58
This is dark-fruited with notes of chocolate and dark spices as well as bark and wet soil. Full and creamy with...
750ml
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$14.93
12 bottles:
$14.63
This is bright and fruity with raspberries, blueberries, violets and dark chocolate on offer. Medium- to full-bodied,...
750ml
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$56.94
6 bottles:
$55.80
A plush, modern style, this Barbera offers sweet, ripe plum, fig and toasty oak flavors. Remains fresh, with balance...
750ml
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$13.95
12 bottles:
$13.67
100% Barbera from a clay and limestone-gypsum vineyard with 20 year old vines, densely planted at 5000 plants per...
750ml
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$15.93
$16.76
12 bottles:
$15.92
Sleek and elegant, this Barbera boasts rose, cherry, raspberry and iron flavors. Linear and bracing, with fine...
750ml
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$19.19
12 bottles:
$17.48
This 100% Barbera wine is produced from a Monferrato vineyard that is 20 to 30 years old. The soil contains white...
750ml
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$20.80
12 bottles:
$20.38
750ml
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$20.98
12 bottles:
$20.57
Marc-Antonin describes this wine as “linear with a straight structure.” Northwest-facing vines bring tension to...
750ml
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$13.94
$14.73
Black raspberry and cherry scents are accented by cracked pepper and fennel. Juicy and focused on the palate,...
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750ml
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$22.00
12 bottles:
$20.90
*Certified organic, in conversion to biodynamics
*One of the highest elevation vineyards of the Beaujolais...
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750ml
Bottle:
$28.00
12 bottles:
$26.60
*Certified organic, in conversion to biodynamics
*45+ year old vines
*Crushed granite and clay
*300m altitude
*One of...
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750ml
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$29.60
12 bottles:
$28.12
• Certified organic, practicing biodynamic.
• 100% Gamay.
• From the single vineyard Côtes de Besset.
• One...
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$13.99
Offering up aromas of sweet red berries, orange oil, spices and vine smoke, the 2021 Beaujolais-Villages Le Perréon...
Barbera Gamay Lambrusco Pinotage
For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.
Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.
Pinotage is the signature grape varietal of South Africa, and is the most widely grown grape in the country, as well as being common in several other countries around the world. It is a viticultural cross of two fine grape varietals, the Pinot Noir and the Cinsaut (known as Hermitage in South Africa, hence the portmanteau name), and is notable for the fact that it produces excellent and flavorful wines of a deep red color The flavors most commonly associated with Pinotage wines are generally smoky in nature, with notes ranging from dark bramble fruits, to plum, mulberry and earthy characteristics. However, it often also includes quite tropical flavors of stewed banana. The Pinotage varietal is a versatile one, and is often used for producing fortified and sparkling wines, as well as the more common still red wines.