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Angelo Gaja and his daughter Gaia Gaja don’t make Bolgheri Superiore wines, although this wine qualifies as such....
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Readers should do whatever they can to get their hands on a few bottles of the 2013 d'Alceo. Seamless and voluptuous...
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The 2013 Sammarco is a stunning wine. Super-expressive aromatics make a strong opening statement in a wine endowed...
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This is another great Saffredi following the perfect 100-point 2012. I tasted it a year ago and thought it was...
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A dense, concentrated style, with polished toast and vanilla-tinged oak enveloping black cherry and blackberry fruit....
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This is a wonderful follow-up to the superb 2012. Aromas are so intriguing with raspberry, blackberry and light...
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There are plenty of black cherry, plum, earth and spice flavors here, but also dense, assertive tannins. Not for...
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Aromas of blackberries, burnt oranges, licorice and spices follow through to a full body, super-integrated and fine...
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#84 Top 100, 2016. Amazing graphite and violet aromas with dark fruits. Medium to full body, ultra-velvety tannins...
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The 2013 Camartina is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese, all from the Ruffoli sub-zone of Greve. It’s...
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The Sassicaia 2013 is just beautiful, and it takes a leap forward in quality. There is even greater precision and...
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The Sassicaia 2013 is just beautiful, and it takes a leap forward in quality. There is even greater precision and...
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Lots of blackberry and other dark-berry character in addition to stones and currants. Full, tight and focused with...
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Italian Red Blends Sherry Mencia 2013

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.