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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.44
12 bottles: $17.09
Notes of ripe, juicy, fleshy plum and ripe black cherry marry on the fruity nose. The palate follows through and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.00
12 bottles: $20.58
You could easily mistake this for a good pinot noir, thanks to the bright sour-cherry fruit and the velvety tannins,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
The grapes for Reinisch's 2020 St. Laurent ripen in the vineyards in Tattendorf, whose warm, dry gravel soils are...
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90
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.10
Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.94
Cinnamon and plum notes immediately reach the nose before a more pervasive, dark peony note makes itself felt. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.93
12 bottles: $17.57
He bottled his `05s at the end of March, but this one didn't seem sick at all! I mean TAYSTEE juice here; a fragrance...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
He bottled his `05s at the end of March, but this one didn't seem sick at all! I mean TAYSTEE juice here; a fragrance...
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Carmenere Ice Wine Mencia Austria

The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.

Archaeological evidence suggests that grapevines have been grown and cultivated in what is today modern Austria for over four thousand years, making it one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world. Over the centuries, relatively little has changed in Austrian wine, with the dominant grape varietals continuing to be Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir and others. Austria is renowned for producing excellent and characterful dry white wines, although in the eastern part of the country, many wineries specialist in sweeter white wines made in a similar style to those of neighboring Hungary. Today, Austria has over fifty thousand hectares under vine, split over four key wine regions. The domestic wine industry remains strong, with Austrians drinking their local produce outside in the summer, and people around the world are beginning to once more rediscover this fascinating and ancient wine culture.