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Intense ruby red colour with violet reflections. Intense winey bouquet recalling sour cherry and spices. Lively,...
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Bruno Rocca's 2020 Barbera d'Alba offers terrific brightness to play off its red fleshed fruit. This mid-weight,...
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Red wine made with grapes coming from some of our oldest vineyards in Agliano Terme. Suggested with cold cuts,...
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Light, bright, clean, and fresh. A varietally perfect example of Barbera.
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Lovely, unblemished deep ruby-red colour; full, absorbing nose with nice hints of red fruit, jam and spices; warm,...
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Deep ruby red with garnet hints. Perfume notes with cherries, plum and vanilla aromas. This classic Barbera is...
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This is a tangy and juicy red with notes of oranges, red plums, red tea and olive stones. Medium-bodied with tight...
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Color: Dark ruby red, of exceptional intensity and compactness.
Perfume: Of great elegance and complexity; the wine...
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Best matched with cured meat, stews and full fat cheese.
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Dark ruby red in color with hints of crushed raspberries and violets, undertones of herbs, woodland berries and cacao...
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COLOR: Ruby red.
NOSE: Fresh nose with plum and blackberry notes.
FLAVOR: Medium structure, easy drinking with fresh...
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Savory undertones of grilled thyme, fresh earth and smoky mineral flank the steeped cherry and raspberry fruit...
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The Fleurie wine-making is traditional - whole clusters are kept, which leads to a semi-carbonic maceration as the...
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The Fleurie wine-making is traditional - whole clusters are kept, which leads to a semi-carbonic maceration as the...
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The effusive violet and blackcurrant-pastille aromas draw you into this elegant and silky, mid-weight Brouilly with...
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Delectable, fruity nose underscored with aromas of red and black fruits. Generous and aromatic on the palate, with...
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Delectable, fruity nose underscored with aromas of red and black fruits. Generous and aromatic on the palate, with...
Albarossa Barbera Gamay Robola
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.
In the mountains of Cephalonia, the mineral rich soils assist in the growing of one of the finest of Greece's white grape varietals – the Robola grape. These noble yellowish grapes are notable for the wines they produce, which generally contain summer fruits, peach and citrus aromas, coupled with flavors which extend beyond the usual range of white wines, revealing smoky and mineral notes, and a lengthy, lemony after-taste. These fine characteristics helped the regions it is grown in gain AOC status, and wine-makers in this area have many generations of practice in bringing out the elegant and subtle characteristics of this grape.
Robola, and the other wines of Cephalonia have a long and illustrious history, being mentioned even in ancient epic poems such as Homer's Iliad. However, it was the Venetians who first recognized the great potential of Robola grapes, which quickly became the focus for the areas wine-makers and tradesmen. Nowadays, Robola wines act as an excellent example of a refined Greek dry white wine, which can be either drank as a light and refreshing summer aperitif, or alongside grilled white meats, salads, or white fish. Robola wines, as a rule, do not age particularly well, and it is highly recommended that bottles are drunk young, within two years of bottling. By doing so, you can enjoy the unique characteristics of this remarkable wine, complete with the balanced combination of chalky, smoky citrus flavors and delicate peach aromas which typify the finest examples of Robola varietal wines.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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