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1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$436.95
$460.75
One of two Allegrini wines making their debut on the Place de Bordeaux this year. From an 8ha vineyard at 415m....
750ml - Case of 3
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$205.95
One of two Allegrini wines making their debut on the Place de Bordeaux this year. From an 8ha vineyard at 415m....
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$219.95
Another astounding wine from Allegrini, if you didn't buy Fiermonte last year here's a chance to buy something just...
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Allegrini La Poja Veronese IGT 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$77.65
Very dense, tightly packed aromas of blackcurrants and blackberries, as well as notes of hazelnuts. Full-bodied and...
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Allegrini La Poja Veronese IGT 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$77.87
An elegant, sophisticated wine with a noble profile and great aromatic expression. The enveloping and intense scent...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$493.83
Polished and expressive, this shows a smoky baseline of graphite-laced minerality, with fine-grained tannins and...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$364.12
Production was skipped over in 2007 due to extreme hail damage. The fruit that would normally be destined to Amarone...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$364.12
Production was skipped over in 2007 due to extreme hail damage. The fruit that would normally be destined to Amarone...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$387.64
The Dal Forno family considered the idea of releasing their Amarone ten years after the harvest. If that plan had...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$341.35
This was an excellent vintage in much of Italy, but unfortunately the weather was not as pleasant in this specific...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$265.95
This is a real bruiser of a wine, and it marks the first of three excellent back-to-back vintages (2011, 2012 and...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$268.95
The 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta is my favorite wine in the retrospective, along with the amazing...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$412.37
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$394.93
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$334.95
The 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta takes wine intensity to almost unthinkable levels. That's the...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$296.95
With the 2016 still being held for release down the road as it slowly comes into focus, today it's the 2017 Amarone...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$430.18
With the 2016 still being held for release down the road as it slowly comes into focus, today it's the 2017 Amarone...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$109.95
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$113.13
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$80.38
American Whiskey Corvina Blend Mencia Pre-Arrival
The United States of America is a country of great cultural diversity, influenced by migrating nations from across the world. As such, its whiskey industry is a fascinating and complex one, which represents the range of regional differences found there.
The Irish were the original pioneers of American whiskey, and when they emigrated in their thousands from the old country, they brought their skills, knowledge and distillation techniques with them, to give them something to remind each other of home in the New World. This is why American whiskey goes by the Irish spelling, with the additional ‘e’, and why many traditional American whiskies closely resemble the original Irish style.
Today, there are several different types of American whiskey, and the styles and production techniques are now set out in US federal law, cementing a set of characteristics and production methods to preserve and protect the industry.
Corn whiskey, which is made from a minimum 80% corn in the mash and aged for a short period, is probably the most historic of the American whiskey styles, but others like rye whiskey, which is made from a minimum of 51% rye and aged in charred barrels, are growing in popularity among a new generation of drinkers looking for something unique, interesting and independently produced. Alongside these styles, we find Tennessee whiskey, which uses maple charcoal for sweeter notes, the softer wheat whiskies, the world-dominating Bourbon whiskies, and others which are peculiar to specific states and regions.
Corvina grapes are most commonly associated with the Veneto region of Italy, where they have been grown successfully for centuries, and are a vital component of the region's viticultural identity. The Corvina varietal is famed around the world for its inclusion in such fine wines as Amarone and Valpolicella, where it is blended with small quantities of other grape varietals to produce wines of exceptional character and balance. The grapes themselves have a naturally high level of acidity, which often results in an aftertaste of bitter almonds. However, this bitterness is quite a sought for feature of this varietal, as it balances beautifully with the sour cherry notes also associated with the grape. Corvina grapes have a wonderfully potential for aging, and this process mellows the bitterness and acids present in the fruit, resulting in soft, complex and highly admired wines.