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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$216.00
Vivid ruby red in color with aromas of sweet rose and violet, mint, and spices. The palate is elegant and harmonious...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$120.54
The 2020 Barbaresco is gorgeous. Bright and focused, with terrific depth, the 2020 has a lot to recommend it. Red...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$51.21
The 2020 Barbaresco is gorgeous. Bright and focused, with terrific depth, the 2020 has a lot to recommend it. Red...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$52.82
Intense garnet red in color with notes of blackberry, black cherry, plum and overtones of rose and violet petals and...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$153.95
The 2019 Barbaresco Maria Adelaide is dense and quite powerful, but with all the drive that characterizes the Bruno...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$146.74
Opens up to intoxicating floral notes of pot pourri with dried cherry, savoury fruit and the freshness of redcurrant....
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$216.00
The bouquet opens up to candied fruit, lemon curd, dried apricot and pressed rose. Fresh floral notes complement...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$31.30
The 2021 Langhe Nebbiolo Fralù is a tasty, entry-level offering to drink now and over the next handful of years....
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$30.87
Bright ruby red in color. Notes of intense raspberry and black cherry on the nose and palate. A well-balanced wine...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$62.40
The Cannubi "San Lorenzo" Barolo presents exquisite aromas and flavors of ripe, dark cherries, minerals, rose petals,...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$48.00
The "Terlo Gold Label" Barolo is sourced from the Camerano family's, perfectly exposed, "Terlo" Vineyard, the oldest...
750ml
Bottle:
$22.94
12 bottles:
$22.48
Agamium is Latin for Ghemme, wine region already known during the Roman era and even before that, during the Celtic era.
750ml
Bottle:
$40.00
The 2013 Ghemme Anno Primo shows just how well these wines age. At nearly ten years of age it is just starting to...
750ml
Bottle:
$45.00
12 bottles:
$44.10
The 2016 Ghemme Anno Primo is a very pretty and expressive wine from Cantalupo. Sweet dried cherry, spice, mint,...
750ml
Bottle:
$54.84
12 bottles:
$53.74
The 2017 Ghemme Collis Breclemae handled the rigors of the year better than some of the other wines in the range. It...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.93
12 bottles:
$19.53
Aromas of forest berry, blue flower and underbrush follow through to the linear, savory palate along with juicy...
Lambrusco Nebbiolo Sherry
Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.
Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.
The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
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.