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Very fine, pure, dark berried fruit balanced by freshness and vitality. Good cellaring potential.
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Le Fraghe Bardolino appears a purple-tinged ruby red of medium intensity. Its rich, complex bouquet is the result of...
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Color: Ruby red. Bouquet: Intense and highly developed with notes of dry herbs, prunes and cherries. Flavor:...
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COLOR: Dark ruby red color with garnet highlights.
NOSE: Intense perfumes of black cherries, toasted almonds and...
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The 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Pergole Vece is especially spry and lifted, offering smoky minerals,...
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Slightly raisiny edge to the ripe black fruit here on the nose, following through to a medium palate that is...
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Deep, ruby red. Complexity of scents that emphasize dried fruit and almonds with a hint of anise. Extremely rich...
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$23.28
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Dark ruby color with brilliant highlights. Black cherry nose with a raisin-like complex of scents. Deep flavor, round...
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A bright red wine with an array of crunchy berry fruit notes, ripe refreshing acidity, medium to light body on the...
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Full bodied, smooth and velvety, but approachable and versatile in its food pairings. Combines simplicity with style,...
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$18.00
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$14.25
One of the classics of the great Veronese tradition, made by Masi in a contemporary style. Valpolicella Classico,...
750ml
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$65.94
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Dark ruby red color, it shows notes of red fruit reminiscent of ripe cherry, plum, blackberry, hints of spice, white...
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Intense ruby red color with wide bouquet of ripe red fruit and hints of spices, reminiscent of tobacco and black pepper.
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• Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone, and Molinara from 1.5 ha total.
• Located above the ‘Punta di Villa’...
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Blend: Corvina - 70% Rondinella - 25% Altri a bacca rossa - 5% Vineyard age (year of planting): Corvina: 1985...
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The 2020 Valpolicella Classico Superiore Poiega slowly opens in the glass, showing a dusty display of cloves,...
Corvina Blend Mencia Savatiano Italy Veneto
Corvina grapes are most commonly associated with the Veneto region of Italy, where they have been grown successfully for centuries, and are a vital component of the region's viticultural identity. The Corvina varietal is famed around the world for its inclusion in such fine wines as Amarone and Valpolicella, where it is blended with small quantities of other grape varietals to produce wines of exceptional character and balance. The grapes themselves have a naturally high level of acidity, which often results in an aftertaste of bitter almonds. However, this bitterness is quite a sought for feature of this varietal, as it balances beautifully with the sour cherry notes also associated with the grape. Corvina grapes have a wonderfully potential for aging, and this process mellows the bitterness and acids present in the fruit, resulting in soft, complex and highly admired wines.
Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.
However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?
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.
As historically one of the most important regions in the world regarding trade and experimentation, it comes as no surprise to discover that Veneto has always been a well respected and innovative wine region. This area of north-easterly area of Italy benefits greatly from a continental climate tempered by the Alps, and plenty of influence from the Germanic countries it is near to. Veneto is most commonly associated with beautifully elegant white wines, such as those of Soave, and has over ninety thousand hectares under vine. Impressively, within that area, over a third of the vineyards in the Veneto region have been granted official AOC status, and many of the sub-regions and appellations of Veneto have gone on to be world-famous in regards to quality. One such example is Valpolicella, where some of Italy's finest and most complex red wines are produced.