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Intense garnet in color, the nose shows aromas of ripe red fruits nicely complemented by notes of vanilla and spice...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.13
12 bottles: $11.89
Very lively aroma with intense fruit and some vegetable. Soft, easy and enveloping, ends with some persistence.
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750ml
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Partial wood aging has polished this wine, softening the juicy black fruits and adding a touch of smokiness. The wine...
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Red
750ml
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Ruby color wine, with red and black fruit aromas and a hint of chocolate. This is a well-balanced wine, with soft...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.90
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The top wine from this estate, purchased in 2017 as the Symington Family's first venture outside the Douro, is in the...
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Italian Red Blends Fruit Wines Nebbiolo Red Blend Portugal Alentejo Wine

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.

Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.