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“Achados e Perdidos” means “Lost and Found” in Portuguese….. This particular wine is the result of a bottle...
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$19.28
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Daring, Self-Reliant, Polished. She is determined to experience all she can. With tons of character and confident...
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$10.44
$19.99
Anyone who has ever ventured into a young vintage port will know that few regions in the wine world can deliver...
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A wine designed to honour our history. A blend of more than 24 indigenous Dão grape varieties, from a vineyard over...
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$13.50
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Predominant aroma in red fruits hints of spices and roasted beans. Fruity, soft, well-structured and harmonious.
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Ruby color. Fruity. Light body, soft and spicy. The aroma of ripe red fruits with hints of raspberry.
750ml - Case of 12
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Deep ruby color, medium body, fruity, balanced, leathery and with hints of raspberry. Fruity, strong and soft,...
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$80.00
A wine with deep violet, dark red and purple hues with a high concentration of aromas of mature dark red fruit, black...
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$14.73
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$13.18
A quintessential, easy-drinking Portuguese red blend that works on its own yet would shine with food. Black fruits...
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$15.83
Ruby red colour with hints of violet. Intense aroma, dominated by ripe fruit, such as plum, blackberry, raspberry and...
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Deep red color with violet tones. Fresh and complex aroma dominated by ripe black fruits, blackberries, prunes and...
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$13.04
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The second wine of Duorum is richly textured while also open and fruity. Its structure and black fruits are shot...
750ml - Case of 12
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Vinified in stainless steel vats with controlled temperature between 25 and
27 degrees Celsius. The tanning takes 5...
Nero D'avola Red Blend Sake Xinomavro Portugal Wine
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.
Xinomavro is the predominant grape varietal of Macedonia, although it is also grown in many parts of Greece where the climatic conditions are suitable for this particular fruit. The names translates as 'acid black', which gives some clue as to the nature of this varietal. The grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, which is a result of the thick and blue-black skins found on the fruit. This particular characteristic results in a superb aging potential in wines made from the Xinomavro varietal, as time spent in barrels softens these strong, astringent tannins and allows the full range of their flavors to come through in the wine. Most commonly, Xinomavro grapes are associated with aromas of red gooseberry, spices, olives and dried fruit, such as dried tomato.
Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.