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Bottle: $17.90
Aromatic, with a toasted-grain character to the ripe pear and lemon fruit. Medium-bodied with the same savory...
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Bottle: $22.74 $23.94
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Wonderfully aromatic and fruity, blending silky flavors of blackberry, cherry, and blackcurrant.
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750ml
Bottle: $12.57
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This Merlot has a deep ruby red color. It is a full-bodied wine with fine smooth tannin and strong cherry aroma with...
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Light golden color Bouquet: pure Vermentino with ripe pear, melon, lime and grapefruit, tinged with fennel and...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $17.29
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Colour: Straw yellow with light golden hues. Bouquet: Complex with floral notes, white flowers, with stone and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $98.89
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A pretty red with aromas of blueberries, plums, incense and tea leaves. Full-bodied and structured with a creamy...
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750ml
Bottle: $69.94
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The 2019 Merlot Liu' is another outrageously beautiful wine from Rampolla. Deep, inky and explosive, the 2019...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $28.84 $30.36
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With its ruby red color and round notes of plum, red cherry and a hint of chocolate, it’s a varietal that thrives...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.11 $15.91
12 bottles: $11.52
With its ruby red color and round notes of plum, red cherry and a hint of chocolate, it’s a varietal that thrives...
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Bottle: $12.45
Fragrant aromas of red berries, soft round fruit flavors and a smooth stylish finish
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750ml
Bottle: $15.83
12 bottles: $15.51
A Vermentino of noble character with crispy peel and lively acidity. On the nose it is intense, with marked citrus...
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750ml
Bottle: $41.00
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Intense ruby red with garnet reflections. Fruity, slightly herbaceous, with distinct raspberry fragrance in youth, in...
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750ml
Bottle: $16.90 $18.48
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Merlot has settled in Sicily. The balanced and round character of this grape variety meets the Sicilian sun.
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750ml
Bottle: $19.95
12 bottles: $19.55
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Very fresh and mineral «inland» version of Vermentino. Straw yellow in color with pale greenish reflections. A very...
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750ml
Bottle: $17.91
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Savory and a little old-fashioned on the nose with anise-like spices, bark and earthy berries. Full-bodied on the...
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White
750ml
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12 bottles: $19.49
Colour:Intense straw yellow Nose:mineral, with hydrocarbon, almond, honey and Mediterranean brush notes Flavour:...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.93
12 bottles: $14.63
Fresh and crisp with aromas of white pears, lemons and white flowers. Some fennel. Medium-bodied with bright acidity...
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Ice Wine Merlot Vermentino Italy

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.

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.