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Abreu Red Blend Cappella 2015
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$582.60
96-100 The 2015 Cappella should be close to perfection when it is finally released in several years. Inky...
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Abreu Red Blend Cappella 2017
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$441.23
Beautiful stuff, the 2017 Capella offers a perfumed, complex style with lots of cassis and darker fruits as well as...
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Abreu Red Blend Las Posadas 2011
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$402.18
The 2011 Las Posadas is a relatively delicate wine for Howell Mountain, but the vines were pretty young back then....
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Abreu Red Blend Las Posadas 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$511.46
This is loaded with potent blueberry, acai berry and fig compote flavors that are dense but remarkably polished and...
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Abreu Red Blend Las Posadas 2015
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$650.34
A big version, with broad-shouldered currant and fig paste notes, wrapped in tar and roasted mesquite accents. The...
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Abreu Red Blend Thorevilos 2017
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$519.95
Even better than the awesome 2016, Abreu's 2017 Thorevilos Proprietary Red takes those familiar piney-herbal notes...
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Abreu Red Blend Thorevilos 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$758.68
This doesn't pull any punches, with a deep well of compact black currant and blackberry paste flavors entangled with...
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Almaviva Puente Alto 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$186.11
Blackcurrant, flower, lead-pencil, and iodine aromas. Medium to full body with firm, polished tannins. Very young and...
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Almaviva Puente Alto 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$149.90
A Cabernet Sauvignon with 24% Carménère, 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot from Puente Alto, Maipo that spent...
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Almaviva Puente Alto 2017
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$107.78
This is an emotional wine that touches your soul the minute you put your nose in the glass and then taste it. Its...
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Almaviva Puente Alto 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$170.53
This is an emotional wine that touches your soul the minute you put your nose in the glass and then taste it. Its...
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Almaviva Puente Alto 2018
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$349.95
$362.58
A solid and structured red with blackcurrant, herb, tobacco and mussel-shell character. Some moss, too. Full-bodied...
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Almaviva Puente Alto 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$173.12
A solid and structured red with blackcurrant, herb, tobacco and mussel-shell character. Some moss, too. Full-bodied...
Port Blend Primitivo Red Blend Mencia Pre-Arrival Wine
Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.
Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.
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.