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This eight-year-old Calvados « Finition en Fûts de Porto » (Porto cask finish) stayed several months in small...
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Cora is an exciting proprietary label made for David Bowler Wine with fruit sourced from vineyards in the Abruzzo...
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Cora is an exciting proprietary label made for David Bowler Wine with fruit sourced from vineyards in the Abruzzo...
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Aged in large botti for several months, followed by 6 months of bottle aging.
750ml
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100% Montepulciano. Prologo was De Fermo's first wine, hence the "prologue" moniker, in the 2010 vintage. It comes...
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An average of seven years old, Manoir de Montreuil Réserve includes some brandies up to 20 years old in the blend....
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The apples are a mixture of the four categories: sweet, bittersweet, acidic and bitter composed of numerous include...
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COQUEREL XO is one of the House's great blends. Powerful and complex, it offers a perfect balance between elegant...
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La Valentina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is an excellent example of the Abruzzo region’s most characteristic wine—a...
375ml
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Grappa is unaged pomace brandy made from highly aromatic Finger Lakes grapes. We crush and ferment the entire grape...
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Color: Ruby Aroma: Bold notes of cherries and cranberries. Tasting Notes: Rich red fruits with flavors of cassis,...
Calvados Grappa Montepulciano Mencia
Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.
Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.
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.