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$99.90
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$97.90
The aromas to this small-production, single-vineyard wine are marvelous, changing all the time from crushed berries...
375ml
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$17.94
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$17.58
Ruby red in color with pleasant aromas of red fruits and sweet spices. Notes of black cherry on the palate are...
750ml
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$39.60
Ruby red in color with pleasant aromas of red fruits and sweet spices. Notes of black cherry on the palate are...
750ml
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$34.95
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$34.25
100% Sangiovese, with yields at 35 hl/ha. The wine was fermented in open-top stainless steel vats with macerations...
750ml
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$128.83
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$126.25
The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva wafts up with a classic Capanna profile, rich yet elegant, with masses of...
750ml
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$55.60
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Wine of great personality and thickness, it has an intense ruby ??color. The bouquet has balsamic and spicy notes....
750ml
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$53.93
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$52.85
This has a perfumed nose of cloves, lavender and chocolate-coated raspberries and plums. Some macadamia nut and...
750ml
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$115.94
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• 100% Sangiovese Grosso.
• From the prestigious hill of Montosoli to the north of Montalcino.
• 250-350 metres...
750ml
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$319.80
The 1993 Chianti Classico Riserva is another stunning wine. It boasts gorgeous depth and purity, not to mention...
750ml
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$163.60
Perfumed with flowers, dark fruits and orange peel on the nose. Full-bodied with firm and integrated tannins that are...
750ml - Case of 6
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$75.37
A rich and flavorful red with dark berries and hints of hazelnuts and dark chocolate. Full body. Nicely chewy tannins...
750ml
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$45.00
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$44.10
So much pure, beautiful and ripe fruit here with berry, mineral, cedar, chocolate and black-cherry character. Some...
750ml - Case of 12
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$76.39
Elegant and complex with notes of matured dark fruit, leather and underbrush. Well balanced with pronounced and...
750ml
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$15.99
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$15.67
Savory undertones of grilled thyme, fresh earth and smoky mineral flank the steeped cherry and raspberry fruit...
750ml
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Super classic Brunello from a classic vintage, being released now. The perfume to this is really something, with...
375ml - Case of 12
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$37.04
Pleasant aromas of mixed berries with flowers, lemon grass and a hint of charcuterie. Full-to medium-bodied with...
750ml
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$35.40
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$34.69
Offering up aromas of dark chocolate, roasting game bird and small wild berries, the 2016 Côte de Brouilly is medium...
750ml
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$38.90
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$38.12
The 2016 Fleurie Clos Vernay wafts from the glass with a nuanced bouquet of raspberries, wild plums, dark chocolate...
750ml
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$28.80
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$28.22
The 2016 Fleurie Joie de Palais was lucky to escape the hail that stopped 50 meters from Lafarge’s parcel. It has a...
Gamay Sangiovese Sherry 1993
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.
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.