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Le Macchiole Toscana Messorio 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$165.62
Lots of flowers, blueberries and orange peel. The palate is really long and extended, with ultra-fine tannins that...
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Le Macchiole Toscana Messorio 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$176.95
This Messorio 2019 from Le Macchiole is a delightful wine. It has plenty of sweet oak spice aromas with vibrant...
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Le Macchiole Toscana Messorio 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$215.95
A nose like a private library with old books on the shelves, dried lavender and violets on the desk, and sunbeams and...
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Masseto Toscana 1996
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$1137.80
Tasted from a double magnum, this 1996 (which was not a particularly good vintage in Bolgheri) shines for its...
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Masseto Toscana 2001
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$1665.40
Wonderful aromas of blackberries, raspberries and fresh tobacco, with a hint of exotic fruit. Full-bodied, with loads...
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Masseto Toscana 2002
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$1152.77
The 2002 Masseto is such a gorgeous wine. Red cherry, sweet red plum, spice and floral overtones all convey...
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Masseto Toscana 2003
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1140.79
The 2003 Masseto is tremendous tonight. I admit, 2003 is one of my least favorite vintages, and yet the wine is so...
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Masseto Toscana 2004
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1564.60
The 2004 Masseto, one of my personal favorites, is positively stellar. I have always adored the 2004 for its silky...
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Masseto Toscana 2006
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1400.95
The wine that most delighted me at this historic tasting of Tuscany's most iconic wines was the 2006 Masseto. This is...
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Masseto Toscana 2008
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$840.95
Opulent and complex, with dark fruits such as plums and blackberries. Milk chocolate. Dried herbs too. Black olives....
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Masseto Toscana 2010
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$933.95
I have always been impressed with the depth and grace to this wine since I tasted it from barrel. It's full-bodied...
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Masseto Toscana 2011
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$742.00
#3 Top 100, 2014. Wow. Fabulous aromas of currants, rosemary, mint and orange peel. Perfect nose. Full body with...
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Masseto Toscana 2012
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$881.80
#11 Top100 Italian wine of 2015. Fantastic aromas of lavender, rosemary, violets and currants. Full body, a wonderful...
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Masseto Toscana 2013
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$865.62
Aromas of blueberries, violets and roses turn to black truffles. Full body, ultra-fine tannins and great length. So...
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Masseto Toscana 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$810.95
Beautiful aromas of violets and blackberry with hints of spice. Some sweet tobacco. Full body, yet refined and...
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Masseto Toscana 2015
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1040.95
The release of this wine comes at a very happy time for the Masseto brand. The stunning 2015 Masseto is hitting the...
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Masseto Toscana 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1168.26
Masseto has pulled off back-to-back home runs. This is the first time that an Italian wine has earned 100 points in...
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Masseto Toscana 2016
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$1168.95
$1236.74
Masseto has pulled off back-to-back home runs. This is the first time that an Italian wine has earned 100 points in...
Merlot Sherry Vernaccia 750ml Pre-Arrival
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.
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.