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The Altesino 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva holds tight to its unique character and power. The classic 2016...
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Ruby red in color with pleasant aromas of red fruits and sweet spices. Notes of black cherry on the palate are...
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Ruby red in color with pleasant aromas of red fruits and sweet spices. Notes of black cherry on the palate are...
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$34.95
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The 2016 Chianti Classico Riserva is a potent, brooding wine. Blue/purplish fruit, lavender, licorice and dried herbs...
750ml
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The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva wafts up with a classic Capanna profile, rich yet elegant, with masses of...
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Wine of great personality and thickness, it has an intense ruby ??color. The bouquet has balsamic and spicy notes....
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This has a perfumed nose of cloves, lavender and chocolate-coated raspberries and plums. Some macadamia nut and...
750ml
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• 100% Sangiovese Grosso.
• From the prestigious hill of Montosoli to the north of Montalcino.
• 250-350 metres...
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Perfumed with flowers, dark fruits and orange peel on the nose. Full-bodied with firm and integrated tannins that are...
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A rich and flavorful red with dark berries and hints of hazelnuts and dark chocolate. Full body. Nicely chewy tannins...
750ml
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So much pure, beautiful and ripe fruit here with berry, mineral, cedar, chocolate and black-cherry character. Some...
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Elegant and complex with notes of matured dark fruit, leather and underbrush. Well balanced with pronounced and...
750ml
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Super classic Brunello from a classic vintage, being released now. The perfume to this is really something, with...
750ml
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This red has softened somewhat, offering raspberry, cherry, iron, tobacco and wild rosemary flavors. There are still...
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$36.00
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Very attractive aromas of cherries and currants with subtle cedar, mahogany and floral character, following through...
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A full-bodied, juicy red with black-cherry, walnut and nutmeg aromas. There's a distinct roasted-beetroot and currant...
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The 2016 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Aluigi Campo ai Peri is fabulous. Bright, vibrant and intensely aromatic,...
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This is a structured red with lots of bark and wet earth on the nose. Roses, dried oysters and dried herbs, too. It...
Lambrusco Sherry Sangiovese
Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.
Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.
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.
The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.