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750ml - Case of 6
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This is spry and taut, with cherry, strawberry, wild herb, spice and tobacco notes. Stays fresh and focused, firming...
750ml - Case of 6
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A layered and very rich Chianti Classico with blackberries, chocolate and hints of coffee. Full body, round tannins...
750ml - Case of 6
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A tight, fruity red with black-cherry and blueberry aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied with chewy yet...
750ml - Case of 6
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$65.28
The 2018 Chianti Classico Riserva Marchese Antinori offers a beguiling mix of Sangiovese energy and Cabernet...
750ml - Case of 6
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$46.74
Beautiful aromas of roses and other flowers, together with cherries and orange peel. Medium-bodied with ultra-fine...
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Tenute Silvio Nardi Brunello Di Montalcino 2016
750ml - Case of 6
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$49.94
The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino has aromatics of savory dried herbs, black plum, cola, and stony earth. The palate is...
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Tenute Silvio Nardi Brunello Di Montalcino 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$57.95
This full-bodied wine offers intense aromas and flavors of red berries offset by notes of leather and incense,...
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Very complex aromas of tanned leather, dried fruits and flowers. So beautiful to smell. This is so full and...
750ml - Case of 6
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$114.95
Very complex aromas of tanned leather, dried fruits and flowers. So beautiful to smell. This is so full and...
750ml - Case of 6
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$133.46
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This is really beautiful with black cherries, porcini mushrooms, black walnuts and dried flowers on the nose. It’s...
750ml - Case of 6
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$158.47
This is really beautiful with black cherries, porcini mushrooms, black walnuts and dried flowers on the nose. It’s...
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Terralsole Brunello Di Montalcino 2010
750ml - Case of 6
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$73.28
Wonderful aromas of ripe fruit such as plums, and grilled meat. Then it shows fresh soil and sliced mushroom. Full...
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Terre Nere Brunello Di Montalcino 2010
750ml - Case of 6
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$45.45
A flavorful yet delicately fruity wine with dried fruit, cedar and spice character. Medium body, hints of walnuts and...
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Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino 2015
750ml - Case of 6
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$74.95
Andrea Cortonesi of Uccelliera shows real talent when it comes to highlighting vintage variation in his wines. His...
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Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$93.74
Balsam herbs, cocoa and sweet white smoke give way to crushed black cherry and plum as the 2017 Brunello di...
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Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva 2015
750ml - Case of 3
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$166.61
An enticing version, whose vibrant character sets the pace for fresh black cherry, blackberry, iron and tobacco, with...
Mencia Sangiovese Sherry
The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.