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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.08
12 bottles: $17.72
Fresh and clean with green-apple and lemon character. Hints of dried apricots. Medium body. Some lime. Easy finish....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.40
12 bottles: $22.93
Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.82
12 bottles: $40.98
Floral aromatics of violets and red flowers, with a bright palate of fresh yet salty berry and dense but ripe,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.55
12 bottles: $53.46
• 100% Zinfandel. • Sourced from estate vineyard in St. Helena. • All native fermentation. • Aged for 11...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.37
OVERALL IMPRESSION: Dark colour and a nose with notes of spices and pepper, as well as ripe and jammy red berries....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.88 $40.00
12 bottles: $38.10
A real briar patch of a Zin, with appealingly rustic wild cherry, spiced cinnamon and bay leaf accents that take on...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.88
12 bottles: $33.20
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $66.00
Dark fruit flavours, slightly medicinal. Chocolate notes and sweet spices. Very dense and extracted. Chewy tannins, a...
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92
Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
6 bottles: $34.24
This full-bodied wine is strongly shaped by firm tannins and a spicy, new-oak quality that fills the aroma with...
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91
Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
12 bottles: $24.44
Savory black-fruit aromas and flavors here, with a nutty edge and some dried herbs. Medium-to full-bodied with...
JS
92
WA
90
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $12.35
The Majolica Montepulciano d'Abruzzo shows a pretty ruby red with violet tones. The aroma has intense red fruit...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $25.94 $28.20
6 bottles: $25.42
Pleasant fresh blackberries on the nose. Medium-bodied with a tight, crisp texture. Fresh blackberry and pip grip and...
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90
Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.95
12 bottles: $31.31
This wine shows spicy licorice and aromas of small forests fruits, with light notes of vanilla, chocolate and faded...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $56.74
Black Sears Zinfandel shows Howell Mountain's exotic, ground white pepper and spicebox in the nose, and even more so...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.08
6 bottles: $32.00
This is a very good, richly flavored wine, quite full bodied and generously spiced, with vanilla and brown sugar notes.
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89
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $56.53
The 2018 Geyserville is a blend of 68% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah and 2% Alicante Bouschet. It's...
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96
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Malvasia Montepulciano Zinfandel 2018

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.