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As with many other wines from the José Estévez group, there is a special bottling of Valdespino's flagship NV Fino...
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About five to six years old, from La Guita bodega. Bright astringency and vivid intensity, with a long, refreshing...
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About five to six years old, from La Guita bodega. Bright astringency and vivid intensity, with a long, refreshing...
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The NV Don Gonzalo Oloroso 20 Anos VOS, produced with Palomino grapes from the Carrascal vineyards, is fermented in...
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The NV Palo Cortado Viejo C.P. produced from Palomino from the Macharnudo Alto is feed with specific casks of Fino...
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Offers layers of macerated date, ganache, warm caraway, buckwheat honey and chocolate-covered orange peel notes, with...
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Offers layers of macerated date, ganache, warm caraway, buckwheat honey and chocolate-covered orange peel notes, with...
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Color: Ruby red with clear purple highlights.
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A beautiful and real Taurasi with blackberry, lavender and crushed stone aromas and flavors. Firm and polished...
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Oxidative notes of dry fruits, freshly split wood, and nuts are dry and savory aromas. A touch of date syrup...
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Oxidative notes of dry fruits, freshly split wood, and nuts are dry and savory aromas. A touch of date syrup...
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Bright and pure, with a floral edge amid the mix of lemon peel, salted butter and straw notes. The long finish offers...
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At the end of 2010, when Equipo Navazos' adventure turned five years old, we were lucky that our friends at Pérez...
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A Fino that begins its path towards Amontillado, one of those wines that winemakers and connoisseurs have always...
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The 2016 Aglianico del Vulture Don Anselmo opens slowly at this young stage, yet it’s quite intense all the same....
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Tormaresca Aglianico Bocca Di Lupo 2018
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Fresh and harmonious, with a frame of fine-grained tannins creating plush texture for concentrated flavors of ripe...
Aglianico Colorino Robola Sherry Wine
Aglianico is a black skinned grape most commonly associated with the exquisite wines of the Campania region of Italy. It thrives most happily in hot and dry climates, and as such, has had plenty of success in the New World, particularly in the United States, where it is used to great effect in many red wines. It was believed to come from Greece several thousand years ago, brought by Pheonician tradesman, and was wildly popular in Roman times, when it was used in the finest wines made by the Roman empire. Aglianico grapes produce full bodied red wines which have a high tannin and acid content. As such, it has excellent ageing potential, and with a standard amount of time in a barrel, it rounds out and mellows to produce beautifully balanced wines.
In the mountains of Cephalonia, the mineral rich soils assist in the growing of one of the finest of Greece's white grape varietals – the Robola grape. These noble yellowish grapes are notable for the wines they produce, which generally contain summer fruits, peach and citrus aromas, coupled with flavors which extend beyond the usual range of white wines, revealing smoky and mineral notes, and a lengthy, lemony after-taste. These fine characteristics helped the regions it is grown in gain AOC status, and wine-makers in this area have many generations of practice in bringing out the elegant and subtle characteristics of this grape.
Robola, and the other wines of Cephalonia have a long and illustrious history, being mentioned even in ancient epic poems such as Homer's Iliad. However, it was the Venetians who first recognized the great potential of Robola grapes, which quickly became the focus for the areas wine-makers and tradesmen. Nowadays, Robola wines act as an excellent example of a refined Greek dry white wine, which can be either drank as a light and refreshing summer aperitif, or alongside grilled white meats, salads, or white fish. Robola wines, as a rule, do not age particularly well, and it is highly recommended that bottles are drunk young, within two years of bottling. By doing so, you can enjoy the unique characteristics of this remarkable wine, complete with the balanced combination of chalky, smoky citrus flavors and delicate peach aromas which typify the finest examples of Robola varietal wines.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?
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.