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375ml - Case of 6
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$173.54
750ml - Case of 6
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$93.20
Smoke, black cherries, tar, French oak and dark spices wrap around the palate as the 2011 Barbera d'Asti Superiore...
750ml - Case of 6
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$37.75
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$371.95
$393.56
The 2015 Barbera d'Alba Pozzo dell'Annunziata offers a good deal of immediacy to match its soft, silky personality....
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Schloss Johannisberg Blaulack Riesling TBA 2019
375ml - Case of 3
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$458.18
Breathtaking clarity and purity, but also stunning, caramelized-rhubarb character that stands out from the crowd of...
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Schloss Johannisberg Purpurlack Riesling BA 2021
375ml - Case of 6
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$177.78
Sensational nose of dried peach and apricot, plus a slew of exotic-fruit aromas, most notably King Alfonso mango....
375ml - Case of 6
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$230.45
This likely auction bottling was sourced from recently acquired old vines that expanded Schlossgut Diel’s share in...
750ml - Case of 6
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$455.57
This likely auction bottling was sourced from recently acquired old vines that expanded Schlossgut Diel’s share in...
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Szepsy Tokaj Aszu 6 Puttonyos 2002
500ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$291.85
Though this dessert wine is already excellent, it's quite exciting to imagine how good it will be as its delicate...
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Telmo Rodriguez Malaga Molino Real Mountain 2016
500ml - Case of 6
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$65.09
2016 was dry and late in Málaga because of a delay in the vegetative cycle given the rains of May that also favored...
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Vietti Barbera D'alba Scarrone 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$51.32
The 2020 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Scarrone is stellar. Rich and expansive, the 2020 is laced with the essence of dark...
750ml - Case of 6
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$61.12
The 2018 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Vecchia Scarrone has an extra kick of darkness, structure and overall gravitas than the...
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Vietti Barbera D'asti La Crena 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$45.90
The 2020 Barbera d'Asti La Crena is soft and voluptuous from the outset. In this vintage, La Crena is especially...
375ml - Case of 12
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$176.41
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$215.62
Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg Riesling Beerenauslese an Eiswein-like aura. At the same time, impression of honeydew...
Barbera Dessert Wine Ice Wine Sherry
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.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.