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Benanti Etna Bianco 2020
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$38.46
A balanced, light-bodied white, with dried apricot and white cherry fruit flavors that are juicy and appealing. Round...
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Benanti Etna Bianco Pietramarina Superiore 2016
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$505.95
This definitive wine of pure Carricante is given extensive contact on the lees, without wood, taking its structure...
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$304.95
Lemon, pineapple and confected fruit on the nose. Lots of lime. It’s dry and light-bodied with a blanched-almond...
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Benanti Etna Rosso Contrada Monte Serra 2020
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$43.26
This has aromas of cherry stones, slate, pine cones, lemon peel and oyster shells. Tightly knit, firm tannins here,...
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$128.95
The color is pale ruby with light tints of garnet. The nose is fine, ethereal, floral, intense, spicy, delicate with...
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Benanti
Region: Sicily
Sicily has been an important wine region for thousands of years, with the ancient Greek settlers being among the first to discover its remarkable aptitude for viticulture. It isn't difficult to understand why they were impressed, and nor is it hard to understand why the island's wine industry continues to boom to this day. The climate on Sicily is ideal for wine production – sunshine beating down on the vineyards almost all year round, and a highly fertile volcanic soil produced from such magnificent peaks as Mount Etna. Sicily's vineyards are mostly used for the production of sweet dessert wines and fortified wines, such as the famous wine of Marsala, but the variety found across the island is impressive, and results in a great range of dry white and red wines packed full of exciting fruit flavors.
Country: Italy
There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.