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Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, and macerated in open-topped wooden vats for 20 days without refrigeration....
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Light golden in color with vibrant apple, pear and citrus notes. Medium-bodied with a jovial brightness on the palate.
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Somerston's 2014 Merlot Stornoway is gorgeous. The interplay of intense fruit and brightness is quite appealing,...
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So much mineral and sliced apple character with hints of orange and apple peel. Turns to steely character....
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A pure expression of Nero d'Avola, the Valle dell'Acate 2014 Sicilia Vittoria Tané sees its fruit sourced from the...
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Domaine Ostertag Riesling Fronholz 2014
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The faintest hints of smoke, apricot and honey hit the nose, while the palate of this wine shows balmy apricot notes...
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Hugel Et Fils Riesling Grossi Laue 2014
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This vintage was really trashed by the wine scene, but this ripe and refined dry riesling shows what was possible in...
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Le Macchiole Toscana Messorio 2014
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A little lean for Messorio but plenty of tobacco, cedar and berry character. Medium body, chewy tannins and a...
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Merlot Nero D'avola Riesling 2014
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.
Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.
Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.
Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.