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Red
750ml
Bottle: $53.88
12 bottles: $52.80
The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino is a pretty, translucent ruby color. The dusty bouquet blends dried roses and violets...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.72
6 bottles: $41.87
In the austere camp, delivering plum, cherry, graphite, leather and earth notes. Vibrant, firm and long, in a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $144.93
A powerful version, this red delivers concentrated plum, black cherry, iron and earth flavors allied to a base of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.94
6 bottles: $30.32
I love the purity of fruit to this delightful sangiovese with fresh hibiscus tea, rose petals and orange rind. Medium...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $105.60
The Fattoria dei Barbi 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Fiore unfolds slowly to reveal a tight core of wild...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.93
12 bottles: $39.13
A firm, silky red with beautiful density and tightness, showing finesse and focus. It’s medium-to full-bodied with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.82
12 bottles: $39.02
The sliced dark-cherry and floral aromas with hints of meat and spice are beautiful. Full body, round and chewy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $125.89
6 bottles: $123.38
A very pretty, focused Brunello with blue fruit, black cherries and some cedar and sandalwood. Crushed stones, too....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $200.80
3 bottles: $200.00
Timelessly fascinating, it loves to share its story. It is a sensual wine, seducing with a soft velvetiness that...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $249.94
3 bottles: $244.94
A monolith of elegance and finesse, depth and intensity, a celebration of ancient memories of its birth-place.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $109.94
6 bottles: $107.74
Intense aromas of dark cherries, oak bark, black truffles and violets. It’s full-bodied and chewy with firm, silky...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $116.00
Ripe and supple, boasts cherry, raspberry and plum flavors, augmented by juniper, thyme and earth notes. It firms up,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $91.95
Laced with ripe cherry, strawberry, floral, spice, iron and leather flavors, this red is complex and charming, yet...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $53.95
What's often forgotten in the general hubbub which surrounds Brunello di Montalcino is that this DOCG circumscribes...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $85.63
The full name of this estate is Baricci Colombaio Montosoli, and indeed it is one of the protagonists of the...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $96.45
Great purity of sangiovese with cherry, plum and fresh flowers. Hints of orange peel. Ash. Balsamico. Full body, with...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $77.30
Amazing aromas of black truffle and cherry with wet earth. Walnut also. Iodine. Rusty. Full body, intense acidity...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $85.95
#5 TOP 100 WINES OF 2017. A stunning wine. This is the best Testamatta ever made. Fascinating aromas of red fruits,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $104.58
Ripe berry and cherry aromas with hints of spices and cedar. Dried flowers, too. Full-bodied, dense and layered....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $65.28
The Casanova di Neri estate is located in the northeastern zone of Torrenieri. Besides five distinct sites there, the...
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Sangiovese 2015 Italy Wine

The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.

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.