Do we ship to you?.
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Ravera 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$166.33
Located in Novello, from three hectares of the Ravera MGA with southwest exposure, the 2017 Barolo Ravera was aged...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Ravera 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$179.41
The 2018 Barolo Ravera is a wine of real depth and vertical structure. As always, the Ravera is a taut, nervy Barolo...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Ravera 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$183.80
The 2018 Barolo Ravera is a wine of real depth and vertical structure. As always, the Ravera is a taut, nervy Barolo...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Ravera 2019
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$328.99
The 2019 Barolo Ravera is the most intensely mineral and saline of the Barolos. Crushed rocks, white pepper, flowers,...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Ravera 2020
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$223.69
Intense garnet-red colour. The nose, while stark to begin with, reveals complex floral notes that emerge after a few...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Riserva 2015
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$292.95
The first vintage for the 2015 Barolo Riserva offers richness and depth of profile, with spiced red plum, sweet...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Riserva 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$137.30
The first vintage for the 2015 Barolo Riserva offers richness and depth of profile, with spiced red plum, sweet...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$172.18
Offers Christmas pudding, currant and other dried fruit. Full-bodied, with amazing concentration of ripe fruit and...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$135.95
A wonderfully balanced and refined Barolo with firm tannins and delicious berry, plum and light chocolate character....
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2012
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$375.95
$397.11
Wow. The rose petal aroma is gorgeous with ripe strawberry and cherry undertones. Full body, dense and powerful....
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2013
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$248.95
The venerated Rocche di Castiglione MGA is noted for its extremely steep slope, southeastern exposure and pure white...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2015
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$390.95
$412.82
A hauntingly complex and finely detailed nose that touches so many different characters. Roses, dried wood, cedar,...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2015
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$204.50
A hauntingly complex and finely detailed nose that touches so many different characters. Roses, dried wood, cedar,...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$186.26
A hauntingly complex and finely detailed nose that touches so many different characters. Roses, dried wood, cedar,...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2016
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$1442.95
$1472.84
The Vietti 2016 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is a complete wine, offering exact measures of purity, intensity,...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$496.75
The Vietti 2016 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is a complete wine, offering exact measures of purity, intensity,...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$407.72
The Vietti 2016 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is a complete wine, offering exact measures of purity, intensity,...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2017
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$183.84
There’s clarity and energy to this, offering sweet strawberries and watermelon with fresh-rose and sandalwood...
Pre-Arrival
Vietti Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$204.50
This is one of my sweetheart wines from Castiglione Falletto. The Vietti 2018 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is...
White Rhone Blends Nebbiolo Mencia Tequila
Viognier, an exotic, elusive varietal, originally comes from the Northern Rhone Valley of France, and has captured the fascination of the U.S. wine-drinking public. At its finest, it is full-bodied and nearly golden in color, with a haunting bouquet of peaches, apricots and pears, and a floral quality like no other wine in the world. Many vintners are trying their hand at this varietal, spreading from its American beginnings in Napa Valley and Santa Barbara County to wineries as far away as Virginia. Marsanne and Rousanne, two other important varieties from the Rhone Valley are making waves in the U.S., particularly on the Central Coast of California.
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.
Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.
One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.
The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.