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750ml
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100% Cortese from Ulivi's estate vines in and around Gavi. As always, the fruit was destemmed and spontaneously...
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750ml
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COLOR: Pale yellow with green reflections. NOSE: Fresh nose with grapefruit notes and underlying minerality. FLAVOR:...
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This enjoyable, well-structured and full-bodied wine offers flinty, earthy aromas and slightly tart cranberry,...
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The 2020 Syrah En Chamberlin Vineyard is youthfully restrained, with a savory blend of cured meat, bacon fat, exotic...
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Bottle: $199.94
One of the most complete, layered and elegant 2013s from Cayuse is the 2013 Syrah Walla Walla Special #5, which is...
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750ml
Bottle: $32.30 $34.00
• Certified Organic. • 100% Syrah. • 100% declassified barrels from Peay Vineyards (West Sonoma Coast). •...
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Red
750ml
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Aromas of fresh picked herbs and wet earth. Rich black cherry and tobacco are followed by hints of lavender on the...
Red
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Bottle: $28.99
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It is a dark, garnet-red colored wine. It’s very expressive scented bouquet exhales the strong aromas of red and...
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750ml
Bottle: $74.90 $80.80
A very refined and delicate Cote-Rotie with wonderful floral complexity. Graceful palate that feels almost...
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750ml
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Fresh, earthy and inviting, with tasty red currant and violet perfume melded with smoked bacon fat, tobacco, turmeric...
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Aromas and flavors of blackberries and wild strawberries are accented by notes of peppercorns, tobacco, peonies, and...
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A very balanced wine, with powerful aromas but also a lot of finesse, revealing floral notes, red fruits, scents of...
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750ml
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750ml
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Our cool climate, estate grown Syrah offers generous aromas of black pepper, coffee and berry. On the palate, flavors...
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750ml
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The O’Riada is a quintessential Canberra Shiraz, fully charged with spice, floral notes and ripe red fruits. Food...
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750ml
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• Certified organic. • 100% Syrah. • Limestone soil with lots of pebbles. • Partially de-stemmed. •...
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750ml
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A vibrant nose, effusing copious Mediterranean spices, thyme, peppercorn, ripe plums and cherries. Fresh and bright...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.65
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Light and clear with a heavenly bouquet reminiscent of almond trees in blossom. Dry and harmonious with a final...
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750ml
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The Cortese grape always makes for etched and sharp white wines with a strong salty mineral component. That's exactly...
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750ml
Bottle: $12.36 $13.01
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Cortese Ice Wine Syrah Xinomavro

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.

Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.

Xinomavro is the predominant grape varietal of Macedonia, although it is also grown in many parts of Greece where the climatic conditions are suitable for this particular fruit. The names translates as 'acid black', which gives some clue as to the nature of this varietal. The grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, which is a result of the thick and blue-black skins found on the fruit. This particular characteristic results in a superb aging potential in wines made from the Xinomavro varietal, as time spent in barrels softens these strong, astringent tannins and allows the full range of their flavors to come through in the wine. Most commonly, Xinomavro grapes are associated with aromas of red gooseberry, spices, olives and dried fruit, such as dried tomato.