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The 2004 Roero Superiore Trinità is the more compact of the two Roeros. Firm tannins frame ripe red fruit, flowers...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $80.45
Clear bright ruby color with very light garnet red reflections; intense and persistent aroma of red fruit with notes...
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750ml - Case of 6
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The 2004 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is even more compelling than the Rabaja. It floats on the palate with an ethereal...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $366.36
Especially impressive for firm but elegant tannins. This Barolo is rich in raspberry, leather and anise aromas. Very...
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750ml - Case of 6
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The 2004 Barolo Riserva Falletto Vigna Le Rocche is off the charts. Sweet roses, menthol, tar, licorice and minerals...
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750ml - Case of 6
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $64.28
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750ml - Case of 6
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The 2004 Sorì San Lorenzo is incredibly sensual and layered in this vintage, almost uncharacteristically so. With...
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750ml - Case of 12
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750ml - Case of 12
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Manzone’s 2004 Barolo Le Gramolere reveals gorgeous notes of candied cherries, spices and menthol in an...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $131.95
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750ml - Case of 6
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750ml - Case of 12
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
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Leather, rose, blue flower, balsamic notes, mineral, black cherry, baking spice and thyme are just some of the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $263.20
The 2004 Barolo Cappella di Santo Stefano is drop-dead gorgeous. The wine reveals notable clarity in its translucent,...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $190.16
The estate's 2004 Barolo Vigna d'la Roul combines the elegance of the Santo Stefano with the more fruit- driven style...
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Gamay Mencia Nebbiolo 2004 750ml

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

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.