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750ml - Case of 6
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$48.37
A layered and very rich Chianti Classico with blackberries, chocolate and hints of coffee. Full body, round tannins...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$48.37
A tight, fruity red with black-cherry and blueberry aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied with chewy yet...
750ml - Case of 6
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$94.03
The 2018 Chianti Classico Riserva Marchese Antinori offers a beguiling mix of Sangiovese energy and Cabernet...
750ml - Case of 6
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$47.05
Beautiful aromas of roses and other flowers, together with cherries and orange peel. Medium-bodied with ultra-fine...
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Tenute Silvio Nardi Brunello Di Montalcino 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$61.62
This full-bodied wine offers intense aromas and flavors of red berries offset by notes of leather and incense,...
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$199.07
$209.55
Very complex aromas of tanned leather, dried fruits and flowers. So beautiful to smell. This is so full and...
750ml - Case of 6
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$119.93
Very complex aromas of tanned leather, dried fruits and flowers. So beautiful to smell. This is so full and...
750ml - Case of 6
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$134.46
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$261.95
$274.24
This is really beautiful with black cherries, porcini mushrooms, black walnuts and dried flowers on the nose. It’s...
750ml - Case of 6
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$159.66
This is really beautiful with black cherries, porcini mushrooms, black walnuts and dried flowers on the nose. It’s...
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Terralsole Brunello Di Montalcino 2010
750ml - Case of 6
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$73.28
Wonderful aromas of ripe fruit such as plums, and grilled meat. Then it shows fresh soil and sliced mushroom. Full...
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Terre Nere Brunello Di Montalcino 2010
750ml - Case of 6
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$42.95
A flavorful yet delicately fruity wine with dried fruit, cedar and spice character. Medium body, hints of walnuts and...
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Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino 2015
750ml - Case of 6
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$73.95
Andrea Cortonesi of Uccelliera shows real talent when it comes to highlighting vintage variation in his wines. His...
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Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$94.40
Balsam herbs, cocoa and sweet white smoke give way to crushed black cherry and plum as the 2017 Brunello di...
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Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva 2015
750ml - Case of 3
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$167.84
An enticing version, whose vibrant character sets the pace for fresh black cherry, blackberry, iron and tobacco, with...
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Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$193.06
Offers forthcoming aromas and flavors of blackberry, black currant, licorice, tobacco and vanilla backed by vivid...
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Uccelliera Rapace Super Tuscan 2017
750ml - Case of 12
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$41.95
A pretty, fruity red, yet there’s tension and firm tannins to the blueberry, orange-peel and walnut character....
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Val Delle Corti Chianti Classico Riserva 2016
750ml - Case of 6
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$44.87
The Riserva is only made in exceptionally good years with the best Sangiovese selected from the estate’s oldest...
Barbera Grenache Moonshine Sangiovese
For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
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.