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100% Vermentino. Monte dei Frati is a 2.5-ha hillside vineyard with higher presence of the sedimentary sandstone...
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• 100% Gamay.
• From .6 hectares in two separate plots of 15-year-old vines – one at 600 meters above sea level...
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COLOR: Straw yellow with greenish hints.
NOSE: Intense with sweet notes of exotic fruit; fresh with notes of...
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Elegant green fruit with a twist of spices and wet stones. Bone-dry and sappy on the palate with a subtle, phenolic...
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A fruity white with sliced apples, fresh pears, peaches and lemons on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with tangy...
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It is a Vermentino di Bolgheri, which is vinified in purity. Its name expresses the link between this Mediterranean...
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Mongrana Bianco brings to the glass the fragrance of the summer air: warm and tangy aromas of fresh fruit, the scent...
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Fresh pears, green apples and hints of stones and jasmine to the nose. This is a medium-bodied and textured...
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Presents minerally chalk and salt notes that underscore ripe green apple, pink grapefruit granita and baked pineapple...
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A dainty vermentino, offering nicely perfumed, floral notes to the core of lemon zest and peel. Medium-bodied,...
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Pale straw color. Aromatic with tropical fruit, pear, apple and floral notes. The round palate offers fresh citrus...
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Beautiful pale yellow with greenish reflections. Fresh and vibrant on the nose, with floral and tropical notes on the...
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Branu comes from the Spanish word Verano that was incorporated into the Sardinian language to mean Spring. As the...
Gamay Vermentino Italy
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
The Vermintino grape varietal has been grown in northern Italy for centuries, but is perhaps most closely associated with the island of Corsica, where it is the most widely planted grape varietal and is one of the key flagship grapes on the island. Thought to have originated in Spain, the Vermentino grape quickly spread to other countries, and is now found in many parts of Mediterranean Europe and the New World. The grape itself is prized by wineries due to the crispness of its acids, and the wide bouquet of refreshing flavors it carries. Most commonly, Vermentino is known for holding flavors of green apple and lime, and for having a relatively light body with a low alcohol content. As such, it makes a perfect match for a wide range of foods, and is particularly popular when paired with shellfish.
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.