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$18.49
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Extremely fresh on the nose, with notes of wild berries and red fruits. On the palate, this full-bodied Lambrusco...
750ml
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$18.94
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$18.56
The 2022 Palomino El Muelle de Olaso is sourced from the renowned El Corregidor Estate in Jerez. It underwent 80%...
750ml
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$24.90
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$24.40
Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is a medium-bodied, concentrated red with ripe flavors of raspberry, strawberry,...
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Color: Deep ruby red.
Bouquet: Intense, complex.
Aromatic notes: Red fruit, cherry, redcurrants, violets.
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Color: Deep ruby red.
Bouquet: Intense, complex.
Aromatic notes: Red fruit, cherry, redcurrants, violets.
750ml
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Dark fruit flavours, slightly medicinal. Chocolate notes and sweet spices. Very dense and extracted. Chewy tannins, a...
750ml
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$21.60
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• 100% Palomino (from several different heritage clones).
• Sourced from 60-plus year-old vines in La Mendoza, a...
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Ripe cherry and red plum flavors finish with a hint of sweet spice. A perfect pairing to every pizza or pasta dish.
750ml
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Very intense, complex, full, enveloping the palate. Aftertaste: Persistent, leaving a nice mouth. Serving...
750ml
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$18.94
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Invitingly open and multi-layered with violets, chocolate, ripe damsons, cloves. Elegant with velvety structure, soft...
750ml
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$24.94
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Savory black-fruit aromas and flavors here, with a nutty edge and some dried herbs. Medium-to full-bodied with...
750ml
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$14.30
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$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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$28.20
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$25.42
Pleasant fresh blackberries on the nose. Medium-bodied with a tight, crisp texture. Fresh blackberry and pip grip and...
750ml
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Ruby red with violet notes, along with a nose of intense red fruit notes, with light hints of spices and chocolate....
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$27.60
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This wine shows spicy licorice and aromas of small forests fruits, with light notes of vanilla, chocolate and faded...
750ml
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$18.00
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$17.64
Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Oliva, Lambrusco Grasparossa, and Lambrusco Maestri, co-harvested on...
Other Italian Reds Lambrusco Montepulciano Sherry
Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.
Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.
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.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.