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750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $20.08
12 bottles: $17.58
Ripe, plummy aromas and flavors. Medium body. A hint of vanilla coming through at the end. Balanced, tasty finish....
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375ml
Bottle: $32.93 $35.64
6 bottles: $28.80
Very thick and expressive with golden raisin and molasses notes, followed by peach jam, mineral and spice flavors....
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Red
750ml
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Color: Streaks of garnet giving way to intense ruby red. Nose: Candied fruits and spices that evolve into clean...
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500ml
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6 bottles: $26.40
The lovely result of a long wait. Bright colour with intense golden reflections, balanced bouquet with scents of...
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375ml
Bottle: $24.94 $25.92
COLOR: Gold color with copper notes NOSE: Rich, concentrated nose with notes of orange peel, acacia honey and...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.89 $17.09
12 bottles: $15.57
This French dessert wine is from the beautiful Dordogne Valley. Aromas of apricots, melon and honeysuckle; smooth...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.93
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The 2019 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a blend of Nero d'Avola, Petit Verdot, Syrah and other complementary grapes....
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Deep and impenetrable ruby red with a purple edge. Delightful nose with ripe scents of cherries, plums and...
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Intricately woven aromas and flavors of baked apple, dried apricot, orange blossom and freshly toasted almonds. Rich...
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500ml
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Marmalade, ripe apricot, ripe apple, honey, chamomile, a touch of spice and acidity that sings!
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Bottle: $19.94
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COLOR: Intense red colour with garnet hints. NOSE: On the nose it displays fruity notes of blackberry and black...
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Red
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Bottle: $37.45
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This is one of the bottles that symbolizes the Sicilian Wine Renaissance that started a few decades ago. The Morgante...
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750ml
Bottle: $93.94
12 bottles: $92.06
The 2019 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Beerenauslese is coolish, flinty and floral on the precise and aromatic nose...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.23 $22.48
6 bottles: $16.66
Expression of Nero d'Avola grapes of high hills. Primary aromas, without excess ripeness, differentiate it from the...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
6 bottles: $31.30
With ripe dark fruit and healthy acidity, it's perfect with a Porterhouse.
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375ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
This richly aromatic dessert wine shows off characters of litchi, apricot, peach and spice, along with notes of fresh...
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375ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $460.20
Breathtaking clarity and purity, but also stunning, caramelized-rhubarb character that stands out from the crowd of...
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Dessert Wine Negroamaro Nero D'avola 2019 Wine

One of the key grapes of the ever-growing Puglia wine industry is the Negroamaro, a native grape of this southern Italian region, famed for its deep, bloody red color and excellent set of flavors Indeed, many of the finest and most highly esteemed full bodied red wines of Puglia are made using the Negroamaro varietal grape, and it is grown most notably in the Salento area of the region, where it makes several types of red wine enjoyed locally and sold overseas. The name 'Negroamaro' means 'black-bitter', giving some clue as to one of the key features of the grape. Wines made with Negroamaro do indeed hold quite a lot of earthy bitterness, but generally are celebrated for their 'rustic' taste and extremely aromatic qualities.

Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.



Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.