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$69.95
6 bottles:
$68.55
The NV El Tresillo Amontillado Fino is from the El Tresillo solera (hence the same name as the 1874 Amontillado). It...
750ml
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$64.79
The NV Villapanes Oloroso wears a dark amber-brown robe and has a very intense nose, showing some marmalade, dark...
750ml
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$61.50
6 bottles:
$60.27
This has a pretty nose of jasmine, honeysuckle, white peach and melon. Medium-bodied with a ripe, creamy and juicy...
375ml
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$65.94
The acidity of the Riesling grape keeps this sweet dessert wine in balance with notes of honey and caramel.
375ml
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$76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
375ml
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$74.20
The 2019 Gold Vidal Icewine was fermented and aged for about 14 weeks in 90% new French oak. It comes in with 272...
750ml
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$65.94
12 bottles:
$64.62
Natural sweet wine made from Moscatel grapes. It has a dark mahogany colour and a dense and wide texture. Laced with...
750ml
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$71.93
This is a new 2017 bottling of the NV Cream VOS, marked as L 1/17, the first bottling of 2017. This is a VOS with an...
750ml
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$72.94
6 bottles:
$71.48
Rated 98 - Bright, light yellow colour with intense lemongrass aromas, hints of straw and wax, barely any toast...
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Cantina Terlano Terlaner NovaDomus Riserva 2021
750ml - Case of 6
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$57.95
This is a very linear white with tension and acidity that kicks off at the end, giving it fantastic energy and...
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Chateau Le Puy Marie-Cecile VdF 2022
750ml - Case of 6
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$60.95
Marie-Cécile is produced exclusively from semillon grapes. The wine is vinified and matured in used barrels, by...
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Le Macchiole Paleo Bianco 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$69.42
On the market now, the Le Macchiole 2020 Paleo Bianco is slightly less concentrated and textured compared to the...
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Maculan Torcolato 2005
750ml - Case of 12
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$55.39
The 2005 Torcolato pulls you in with notes of blood orange, gingery spice, dried nectarines and roasted almond. A...
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Roagna Langhe Bianco Solea 2016
750ml - Case of 6
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$71.06
From Piedmont comes this intriguing white blend of Chardonnay (75%) and Nebbiolo, the latter made as a blanc-de-noir....
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Roagna Langhe Bianco Solea 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$69.78
The 2019 Solea is bright and taut, certainly moreso than previous years. Luca Roagna's drive towards making...
Ice Wine Italian White Blends Semillon Sherry
Semillon was, at one point not so long ago, widely believed to be one of the most grown grape varietals in the world. Whilst today the numbers of Semillon grapes has dropped considerably, it remains a widely planted grape with vineyards all over Europe and the New World dedicated to making the most of this special and flavorful varietal. The grapes are recognizable by their golden color, and the fact that they can take on a pinkish hue in particularly warm climates. The wines the Semillon grape produces are notably varied, and are often very crisp and dry, or sweet and soft, full of a wide range of flavors Commonly, dry Semillon wines are particularly citrus in flavor, with a delicate and summery bouquet. The vine is hardy and vigorous, and notable for being easy to grow and produce high yields from.
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.