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750ml - Case of 12
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$44.00
Clean and fruity on the nose with hints of strawberries, raspberries and purple flowers. More red fruit on the palate...
750ml - Case of 12
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$29.30
Intense, fresh and complex aromas showing hints of tobacco leaves, plums and pepper. Bright and clean on the palate...
750ml
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$23.95
12 bottles:
$23.47
La Rina is 100% Slarina, another indigenous Piedmontese variety that had nearly disappeared. Fabrizio is a believer...
750ml
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$20.40
A very quaffable red, offering a juicy melange of cranberry, raspberry and black cherry, with loam, sage and tea leaf...
750ml
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$16.25
This is a touch stemmy and rustic up front, showing dried cranberry and cherry flavors, with a subtle tug of mineral...
750ml
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$13.65
$15.17
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$12.36
This wine is filled with intense raspberry and blackberry with very gentle tannins with a subtle sweetness. The...
750ml
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$23.94
$25.20
12 bottles:
$22.80
Colorino is a member of the teinturier grape family, in which both the skins and pulp exude red juice. (see also:...
750ml - Case of 12
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$15.52
Light, vibrant, and fruit forward with aromas of sour cherries and herbs. The palate is fresh and spicy with a touch...
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$25.95
9 bottles:
$25.43
100% País. From a two-hectare site of sandy, decomposed granite soils in the Maule region. The vines are farmed...
1.0Ltr
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$22.94
9 bottles:
$22.48
100% Pais from organic, dry-farmed, 200-300-year-old bush vines on iron-rich heavy clay soils with granite and quartz...
750ml
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$21.95
12 bottles:
$21.51
El Triángulo is 100% Tintilla sourced from three Pagos and three soils – Balbaína, Corchuelo, and Carrascal....
750ml
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$15.94
12 bottles:
$15.62
Rated 91 - The 2020 Manchuela from Rus Jimenez (and selected by Mary Taylor) is crafted from the Moravia Agria grape,...
Muscat Grenache Mencia Picolit Schioppettino
Known as Moscato in Italy, and Moscatel in Portugal and Spain, Muscat is one of the oldest continually cultivated grape varietals in the world. It originally came out of the Middle East, and was picked up by the ancient Greeks, who brought it to Italy and elsewhere in their empire. Because of its astounding age and continuous use, it has long since been mutated and crossbred to produce dozens of subspecies, and it is known by lots of synonyms and regional names. Because of this, it is fair to say that there is no ‘true’ Muscat grape. The most popular - and oldest - varietal within this group, however, is Muscat Blanc au Petit Grains, which is grown with great results most notably in France and South Africa.
Known for its light and fruity character, Muscat of Alexandria is the second oldest of the Muscat grapes, and is found in several countries around the Mediterranean. The grape is prized for its versatility - indeed, almost every imaginable type of wine style, from dry to medium to sweet and sparkling, can be made from this varietal. Generally speaking, though, Muscat grapes have a relatively low acidity which make them unsuitable for ageing, meaning the vast majority of Muscat wines are drank very young, wherein they can express their best features.
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.