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750ml
Bottle:
$120.79
6 bottles:
$120.00
COLOR: Intense ruby red with orange reflections.
NOSE: Intense bouquet of ripe fruits, such as currants and...
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Azelia Barolo Margheria 2008
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$165.32
The 2008 Barolo Margheria opens with a sweet, inviting bouquet redolent of hard candy, flowers, mint and licorice....
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Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili 2008
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$360.95
Intense garnet color with orange highlights. Notes of red fruit and roses are found on the nose. On the palate, good...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$578.95
Amazing nose of chocolate, orange peel, plums and hazelnut. Full-bodied, with super fine tannins and a long finish....
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Conterno Fantino Barolo Vigna Sori Ginestra 2008
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$160.81
The 2008 Barolo Sori Ginestra is the most complete of these 2008s. An exotic melange of plums, black cherries,...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$90.95
The 2008 Barolo Via Nuova is round, seamless and totally impeccable. Dark red cherries, flowers, mint and spices are...
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Gaja Barolo Sperss 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$237.95
Vintages of this wine between 1996 and 2013 are labelled Langhe Sperss.
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Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 2008
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$772.48
$821.79
The 2008 Barolo Cascina Francia possesses gorgeous inner perfume, layers of sublime fruit and fabulous overall...
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Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 2008
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$262.95
The 2008 Barolo Cascina Francia possesses gorgeous inner perfume, layers of sublime fruit and fabulous overall...
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Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$284.83
#6 of Top 100, 2013. Detailed and fragrant, offering floral, strawberry, cherry, licorice and spice flavors, this is...
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Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2008
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$252.95
#6 of Top 100, 2013. Detailed and fragrant, offering floral, strawberry, cherry, licorice and spice flavors, this is...
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La Spinetta Barbaresco Gallina 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$153.75
The 2008 Barbaresco Vigneto Gallina bursts from the glass with a rush of dark fruit. This is one of the more...
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La Spinetta Barbaresco Starderi 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$112.95
The 2008 Barbaresco Vigneto Starderi is the biggest, most powerful and also most complete of the 2008 Barbarescos...
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La Spinetta Barbaresco Valeirano 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$172.95
Good full red. Ripe strawberry and rose petal on the perfumed, slightly liqueur-like nose, with a peachy nuance...
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La Spinetta Barolo Campe 2008
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$184.34
A strong and chewy wine with polished and rich tannins. Cedar and mushrooms. Full and intense. Goes on for minutes....
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La Spinetta Barolo Campe 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$184.34
A strong and chewy wine with polished and rich tannins. Cedar and mushrooms. Full and intense. Goes on for minutes....
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Luigi Baudana Barolo Cerretta 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$74.62
Compared to the cru of Baudana, Cerretta is much better known, as it is a fairly large cru (by Serralunga standards)...
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Oddero Barolo Riserva Vignarionda 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$266.13
The 2008 Barolo Riserva Vignarionda was held back at the winery to be released commercially ten years after the...
Carricante Moschofilero Nebbiolo Primitivo 2008
Greece has many AOC regions, each with their own signature grape varietal which is cultivated and processed to an exceptionally high degree of excellence. The AOC of Mantinia on the beautiful expansive plateau of the Peloponnese has the Moschofilero varietal, a gray colored white variety which produces exceptional Blanc de Gris wines. A delicate grape, highly sensitive to adverse weather conditions, it is nonetheless prized by wine makers for its unique attributes and the quality of the wine which can be made from it. Although commonly compared to western European Muscat wines, the Moschofilero grapes produce wine which is in a league of its own – full of floral aromas containing heavy, almost soporific notes of rose petals and violets. The flavor of the wine tends to be spicy, and leans more towards earthy mineral flavors rather than fruit ones, making it perfect as an aperitif or coupled with salty olives and cheeses.
Moschofilero wines tend to be elegant and subtle, with their strength being in their crispness, and the bouquet of floral aromas rising from the glass. The finest Moschofilero wines to come out of Greece in recent decades have included the Tselopos, whose high altitude vineyards have seemingly mastered the potential and complexity of this gray grape to international acclaim.
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
What is Retsina?
The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
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.