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Intense bouquet with vanilla and golden flesh fruit. Sweet with a medium body and rich mouthfeel but with outstanding...
750ml
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Vignesperse or "Scattered Vineyards," is about 50% Trebbiano and 50% Malvasia from four vineyards, totaling 1.6...
750ml
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The colour is a light straw yellow with pale greenish hues. The aroma combines fruity notes of peach and apricot with...
750ml - Case of 12
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Pale gold in color with earthy aromas of beeswax, fresh hay and Acacia honey. Rich and warm on the palate with a...
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The best Italian whites come from the tiny top north-east corner and this is a classic blend of mainly Pinot Bianco...
750ml - Case of 12
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Full bodied but balanced with bright acidity and medium tannins from the 7 months of skin contact. It has honeysuckle...
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A delicate, aromatic nose of fresh lime, orange blossom and Meyer lemon turns more savory on the palate, where the...
750ml
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Brilliant, pale straw yellow color. Fairly intense with floral notes, great flavor and minerality.
750ml
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Fresco di Masi is a new line of handcrafted organic wines, with a low alcohol content and authentic flavour profile....
750ml
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$16.94
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A balanced, medium-bodied red, with light tannins and a subtle underpinning of fresh, loamy earth layered with...
750ml
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Dense ruby red with a purplish rim, it is immediately intense on the nose with marked aromas of ripe and fleshy red...
750ml
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Dark, brooding and spicy, the 2019 Primitivo di Manduria lifts up with notes of crushed rocks, cardamom and black...
750ml
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Raspberry coulis and fresh soil with grass popping through on the nose turns to an almost cake-like raspberry and...
750ml
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$23.95
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Ginestra, Biancatenera, and Pepella. The grapes come from 5 different parcels totaling 1.2 hectares, between 270 and...
750ml - Case of 12
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$27.34
Straw yellow with green reflections. Notes of jasmine, anise, ripe apricot, peach, and vegetal spice. The palate is...
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$25.94
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Core Bianco combines the elegance of Fiano with the structure of Greco. High in minerality, Core Bianco is both fresh...
750ml - Case of 12
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Bright gold color. White peach and mango. Notes of white flowers such as chamomile, acacia and freesia. Also hints of...
White Rhone Blends Italian White Blends Mencia Primitivo
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.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.