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750ml
Bottle:
$139.80
The 2005 Chianti Classico Riserva is an impressive wine for the vintage. It boasts a serious core of fruit backed up...
750ml
Bottle:
$36.34
12 bottles:
$35.62
A polished, elegant Merlot, with good structure framing deep flavors of currants, carob, violets, and anise. The...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$212.41
Altagracia, named after Bart Araujo’s grandmother, is a Bordeaux-style blend vinified in the same manner as the...
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Argiolas Isola Dei Nuraghi IGT Turriga 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$163.76
The 2005 Isola dei Nuraghi Turriga is incredibly primary at this stage. This dark, textured Turriga reveals...
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Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2005
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$1205.95
$1242.32
The 2005 Barolo is super-delicate and finessed. This is a decidedly restrained, feminine style of Barolo laced with...
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Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Santo Stefano 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$373.07
The 2005 Barbaresco Santo Stefano is striking in its beauty. This firm, structured wine bursts from the glass with...
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Bruno Giacosa Barolo 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$239.19
Red garnet in color. Intense and fine aromas of fresh red fruit. The palate presents good freshness, excellent...
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Castello Dei Rampolla Toscana Sammarco 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$154.01
The 2005 Sammarco is soft, silky and impeccable balanced. Still fresh and beautifully delineated, the 2005 possesses...
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Dominus Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$286.45
Rated 99 - A blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot, the 2005 Dominus is deep garnet...
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Duemani Cabernet Franc Duemani 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$70.78
The 2005 Duemani (Cabernet Franc) is equally impressive. It reveals gorgeous, expressive varietal notes in its...
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Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 2005
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$615.30
The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo Cascina Francia is, as expected, somewhat closed down at this stage from an aromatic...
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Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$252.58
The 2005 Barolo Monprivato is a very pretty, harmonious wine endowed with tons of purity in its fruit. All of the...
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La Spinetta Barbaresco Valeirano 2005
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$176.23
The 2005 Barbaresco Vigneto Valeirano opens with a huge, brooding nose of smoke, tar, and scorched earth. This...
2005 Italy United States
There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.