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Bottle: $53.93
12 bottles: $52.85
This has a perfumed nose of cloves, lavender and chocolate-coated raspberries and plums. Some macadamia nut and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $56.94
12 bottles: $55.80
Aromas of mushrooms, black cherries, sour cherries and flowers. Medium to full body with chewy tannins that give form...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $96.94
12 bottles: $95.00
A Brunello with plenty of cherry and walnut character. Coffee, too. It’s full-bodied with firm, chewy tannins and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $115.94
12 bottles: $113.62
• 100% Sangiovese Grosso. • From the prestigious hill of Montosoli to the north of Montalcino. • 250-350 metres...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.92 $77.69
6 bottles: $64.01
Very aromatic and beautiful with blackberry and black-cherry aromas. Hints of flowers. Medium-bodied and extremely...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.44
The Castell’in Villa Chianti Classico is composed of 100% Sangiovese grapes. It is a complex and serious blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $569.95 $599.80
The 1971 Chianti Classico Riserva is very pretty. Sweet dried cherries, earthiness, flowers, mint and tobacco are...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $466.94
The 1986 Chianti Classico Riserva stands apart from many wines of the 1980s for its big, rich fruit. Leather,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $293.95 $319.80
The 1993 Chianti Classico Riserva is another stunning wine. It boasts gorgeous depth and purity, not to mention...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $349.94
The 1994 Chianti Classico Riserva is more immediate and juicy than the 1993. There is plenty of underlying structure,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $379.80
The 1995 Chianti Classico Riserva is another marvelously complete wine. Waves of fruit saturate the palate in this...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $161.82 $179.80
The 2000 Chianti Classico Riserva is a good choice for drinking over the medium term. It is unusually supple and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $199.80
The 2001 Chianti Classico Riserva is a big, layered wine bursting with energy. It possesses striking aromatic nuance...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $139.80
The 2005 Chianti Classico Riserva is an impressive wine for the vintage. It boasts a serious core of fruit backed up...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $149.80
The 2006 Chianti Classico Riserva hits all the high notes. Ripe and structured, yet also wonderfully contained, the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $139.80
Savory herbs, tobacco, mint, licorice and dark cherries take shape in the glass as the 2008 Chianti Classico Riserva...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $174.94
Castell’in Villa is a small estate in the commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga, at the southern end of the Chianti...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $73.95
12 bottles: $72.47
The Castell’in Villa Chianti Classico Riserva is made of Sangiovese grapes entirely from our best vineyards. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.90 $36.79
12 bottles: $35.18
This riserva is a brilliant ruby red color with garnet highlights. On the nose aromas of cherries, red plums, and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $158.95 $163.60
Perfumed with flowers, dark fruits and orange peel on the nose. Full-bodied with firm and integrated tannins that are...
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Carignan Dessert Wine Montepulciano Sangiovese 12 Ship Free Items

Carignan is an ancient blue-skinned grape varietal, thought to be indigenous to the Aragon region of Spain. However, today it is most commonly associated with the fine wines of southern France, and has been grown in many countries around the world which have the warm and dry conditions it requires to thrive. Carignan is recognized as being quite a sensitive vine, highly susceptible to all kinds of rot and mildew, although producing excellent results when given the right conditions and handled correctly. Its high tannin levels and acidity make the Carignan grapes very astringent, and as such, they are often used as a blending grape to give body to other, lesser bodied varietals. Despite this, with careful treatment, Carignan can produce superb single varietal wines packed full of character and unique attributes.

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.

The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.