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Bottle: $42.00
Aromas of crushed blackberry, fig, and black olive. Intensely earthy and powerful on the palate, with firm and chewy...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $44.40
Complex and aromatic with ripe citrus, peach tea, and baked apple. Fennel frond, dried tarragon and white pepper...
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Bottle: $29.95
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Grillo from contrada Rina Vecchia, in Castelvetrano, about an hour's drive from the Baracco cellar. Vines planted in...
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Bottle: $17.93
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Appearance: Luminous, deep ruby red, with purplish rim. Bouquet: Fruity aromas of dark cherry, wild cherry, red...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $28.40
Color: Dark ruby red with violet highlights that, after ageing, turn on garnet red. Bouquet: Intense, resolute but...
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750ml
Bottle: $34.90
Very intense and elegant ruby red colour; broad and complex fruity fragrance with hints of plum, cherry jam and...
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750ml
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• 100% Xarel-lo Vermell from the Politxonada vineyard. • A soft pressing is followed by spontaneous fermentation...
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750ml
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100% Grillo from the east-facing Contrada Modica vineyard, planted in 2011, trained in guyot. 360m above sea level,...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.46
Aromas of meyer lemon, honeycomb, and orange blossom with flinty minerality. Medium bodied with bright vegetal...
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750ml
Bottle: $76.94
Undergoing a four-week maceration followed by approximately nine months in French oak (50% new), Es is intoxicating:...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $133.60
Gianfranco Fino has rightfully entered the range of those winegrowers tied to traditions wishing to save old...
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750ml
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100% Grillo. The Grillo comes from 9 hectares of 20-to-30-year-old estate vines planted on the limestone-rich, sandy...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $92.40
A more muscular sagrantino with chewy tannins and a clean bead of vanilla-tinged blackcurrant that’s still...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.95
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This lovely Xarel-lo comes from one of its best terroirs in the Alt Penedés. Ramón Porera works here with two...
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Bottle: $21.95
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100% Xarel-lo. Vines are grown in chalk and clay soils from the Sant Pere and Canyes vineyards. Grapes are farmed...
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750ml
Bottle: $18.00
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Intense and complex of ripe red pulp fruit (cherry, plum, raspberry) in a balanced bottling with light wooden notes....
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750ml
Bottle: $28.93
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The Montefalco Sagrantino red wine of Rocca di Fabbri estate at the tasting has an intense ruby red color. It is rich...
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750ml
Bottle: $40.85
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Grillo Primitivo Mencia Xarel-lo 12 Ship Free Items

As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.


Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.