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Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillot 2020
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$36.09
91-93 Hailing from the limestone-clay slopes on the outskirts of Chinon town, home to other famous vineyards like...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$47.12
The Giacosa family does a great job with its high-end wines and its entry-level products alike. The 2020 Roero Arneis...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$36.97
A richer and rounder-textured Arneis with medium to full body. Lemon and spicy pear. Some cooked apple, too. Really...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$37.79
Energetic and bright with sliced green apples, mangoes and citrus with some honeysuckle. It’s medium- to...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$103.55
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$96.73
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$96.73
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Charles Joguet Chinon Clos De La Dioterie 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$55.58
The 2018 Chinon Clos de la Dioterie is richly fruited, reflecting the warmth of the vintage, and soft and...
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Charles Joguet Chinon Clos Du Chene Vert 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$96.73
Along with the other top cuvées in the Charles Joguet range, this is a fine an expression of Loire Cabernet Franc....
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Charles Joguet Chinon Clos Du Chene Vert 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$51.65
The 2018 Chinon Clos du Chene Vert, Monopole is one of the top wines from Joguet, offering pure black fruit and even...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$62.93
At the foot of the gravelly terrace, partly formed by the erosion of the limestone slope, this very special...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$43.26
The 2019 Les Varennes du Grand Clos is starting to mellow with an extra year in bottle since I last tasted. It...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$71.46
The fruit for the 2020 Les Varennes du Grand Clos comes from a site where the top of the slope is mainly clay and...
Arneis Cabernet Franc Pinot Gris Primitivo Pre-Arrival Wine
The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.
Cabernet Franc is not simply an important grape varietal for the fact that it is one of the most widely grown strains of vine in the world, but also because it is a vital grape in the production of many of the finest wines the world has ever seen. For centuries in its native France, it has been a varietal synonymous with elegance and high quality, and has become a key fruit in the production of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux-style blended wines which have gone down in history thanks to their magnificent flavors, aromas and levels of aged complexity. However, Cabernet Franc is also a wine grape varietal for use in single variety, unblended wines, and has plenty to offer on its own. Most commonly, it is renowned for its wide bouquet, which often includes fascinating notes of tobacco, violets or bell pepper over a beautifully pale and decadent liquid.
The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.
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.