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Made from 100% Cortese grapes, this delicious white is both soft and crisp. With a pleasant stony minerality, this...
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Colour: Brilliant ruby red with violet reflections.
Bouquet: Intense and persistent, reminiscent of cherries, ribes,...
750ml
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Red ruby colour tending to the violet; fresh and fragrant at the nose, with notes recalling the ripe cherry and plum....
750ml
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$22.93
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$22.47
Floral aromas of pineapple, honeysuckle, and jasmine, with highlights of brioche and vanilla. The mouth is crisp,...
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Floral aromas, with crisp notes of sweet spice. On the palate, giving plums and dark berries, with intensity and...
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$56.35
The Monterotondo is the Villa Sparina Cru obtained from rich, complex grapes from a historic, favourably exposed part...
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$13.87
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A tangy and fresh Gavi full of sliced apples, lemon zest and stones. Medium-bodied and textured on the palate with...
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The Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi has always been integral to the historic identity of Villa Sparina.
It is a great...
750ml - Case of 6
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$60.00
Our unique vineyard with its weathered sand and ironstone soil, starts this Roussanne’s journey towards being an...
750ml - Case of 6
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$195.56
The limited cuvee of 100% old vine Roussanne (50% vinified in barrel and 50% in tank), the 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape...
750ml - Case of 6
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$181.95
The finest bottle I’ve had of the 2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Roussanne Vieilles Vignes, this incredible white is...
750ml - Case of 6
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$351.95
Drinking at point, the absolutely stunning 2009 Châteauneuf Du Pape Roussanne Vielles Vignes shows how good these...
750ml - Case of 3
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$206.95
One of my favorite whites in the world is the old vine Roussanne cuvée from Beaucastel, which comes from a single...
750ml - Case of 3
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$204.92
This is still quite aromatically closed for now, though some tobacco, cedar, crème anglaise and pineapple can be...
750ml - Case of 3
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96-99 In contrast, the 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape Roussanne Vieilles Vignes (100% Roussanne) is brought up in all new...
Cortese Dolcetto Mencia Tequila Wine
The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.
In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.
Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.
One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.
The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.