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Bottle: $184.94 $192.00
I have not tasted this Riserva since the 2007 vintage, so it's a great delight to sample the Azelia 2013 Barolo...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.50 $60.00
A more forward style of Brunate with dark berry as well as orange peel and rose petal. Medium body, firm and silky,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $120.79
6 bottles: $120.00
Aromas of rose petal and grapefruit follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a fresh and brilliant...
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The 2013 Ghemme Anno Primo shows just how well these wines age. At nearly ten years of age it is just starting to...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $92.32
Beautifully seductive with ripe berry, meat and leather character that turns to cedar. Full body, soft and velvety...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $249.90
3 bottles: $244.90
The purity of this wine is pretty phenomenal with blackberries, strawberries, fresh flowers and licorice. Hints of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $71.50
12 bottles: $70.07
COLOR: Ruby red color, tending to garnet with aging. PERFUME: Bouquet of berries, spices (white pepper, licorice),...
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750ml
Bottle: $80.80
6 bottles: $80.00
This estate sources Barolo grapes from four communes, but its only single-vineyard bottling is from this outstanding...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.93
12 bottles: $58.73
Color: Ruby red with orange tints. Perfume: Intense nose, rich in spices with dark berries and fruits and dried...
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750ml
Bottle: $35.94
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•100% Nebbiolo from the Mombeltramo cru vineyard. •280 meters above sea level. •Calcareous clay stratified with...
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750ml
Bottle: $36.00
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• 100% Nebbiolo. • Malvira’s top red from their old vines in the Trinita cru of Roero. • Soil rich with...
Red
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• 100% Nebbiolo from the Renesio vineyard. • Calcareous clay soil. • Harvested in October. • Fermentation and...
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750ml
Bottle: $108.00
This red is beginning to hit its stride, featuring fading cherry and berry fruit, mushroom and woodsy notes, menthol...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $199.80 $222.00
The 2013 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva was released in January of 2019, and once again it looks to be a top...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $76.95
Another highlight in this range, the 2013 Barolo San Rocco is utterly beguiling. The bouquet alone is striking, but...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $163.28
This Barolo is developing nicely and beginning to reveal mature notes of earthy, woodsy spice and licorice, with...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $469.07
Round and smooth, with a core of cherry surrounded by leather, licorice and underbrush flavors. Tobacco and mineral...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $60.95
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $88.23
Wicked complexity and richness with aromas and flavors of dried strawberries and spices. Full-bodied, layered and...
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $295.19

Ice Wine Nebbiolo Tequila 2013

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.

Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.

One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.

The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.