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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.08
12 bottles: $17.72
COLOR: Wine of very elegant red color. BOUQUET: Intense aroma, with fruity hints of ripe plums, cherry jam and notes...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.48 $38.40
Beautiful lemon, tangerine, honey, green herbs, and white flower notes emerge from the 2018 Carricante Bianco...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $49.94 $54.00
The 2018 Carricante Centennial Mountain Vineyard is exotic, translucent and full of character. Lemon confit, orchard...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $30.89
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $32.93 $35.64
6 bottles: $28.80
Very thick and expressive with golden raisin and molasses notes, followed by peach jam, mineral and spice flavors....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.40
12 bottles: $21.95
Color: Yellow straw colored. Nose: Floral with notes of grapefruit. Taste: Excellent sapidity.
Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $49.19
6 bottles: $48.40
Golden amber, brilliant color. It’s aroma hints at honey, toasted almond and vanilla. Sweet and rich taste,...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml
Bottle: $30.15
12 bottles: $29.55
A most appealing example of Italy’s most famous dessert wine, displaying molasses and toffee aromas, honey and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml
Bottle: $27.36 $28.80
This fortified dessert wine is made in a combination of both Chinato and Marsala wines. The base wine is Tannat...
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
• 100% Listán Negro. • Sourced from ungrafted centenary vines at 250-400m of altitude in the village of Santa...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.84
12 bottles: $19.44
Straw yellow in color with slight golden highlights. On the nose it has great intensity and complexity. It is...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.68
12 bottles: $21.25
Straw yellow in color with slight golden highlights. On the nose it has great intensity and complexity. It is...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.15
12 bottles: $15.83
Appearance: Luminous, deep ruby red, with purplish rim. Bouquet: Fruity aromas of dark cherry, wild cherry, red...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.94 $25.20
12 bottles: $22.80
A wine that is full expression of the potential of Apulian nature, the Rosso dei Vespa combines the traditional...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $14.08 $14.82
12 bottles: $10.45
This luscious dessert wine's deep, dark berry flavors mingle with sweet grape aromas. Bold with a velvety smooth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.93 $15.34
Color : Ruby red with delicate garnet undertones. Nose : The minerality of the nose creates a delicate combination...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.80
Color: Ruby red very intense with purple reflexes. Bouquet: Strong and distinctive with sensations of sour cherry...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $28.40
Color: Dark ruby red with violet highlights that, after ageing, turn on garnet red. Bouquet: Intense, resolute but...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.26
Color: Ruby red very intense with purple reflexes. Bouquet: Strong and distinctive with sensations of spice and ripe...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.90
Very intense and elegant ruby red colour; broad and complex fruity fragrance with hints of plum, cherry jam and...
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Carricante Dessert Wine Listan Negro Primitivo Tocai Friulano Wine

As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.


Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.

The Tocai Fruiliano grape varietal has been grown in and around the northern regions of Italy for centuries, and is still widely praised for its distinctive character and beautiful set of flavors and aromas. Despite the name, the Tocai Fruiliano varietal is not actually related to the famous Tokaji grapes of Hungary, or the Tokay d'Alsace grapes, but is actually the same species as Sauvignon Vert. Wines made from the Tocai Fruiliano grape are generally a pale straw yellow in color, and are recognizable by their aroma of wild flowers and orchard fruits such as pears. The flavor of the wines varies from vineyard to vineyard, and the Tocai Fruiliano grape is renowned for having a broad set of flavors, although citrus notes are usually detectable in most bottles.