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Per Linda Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Cerasuolo 2009, 750ml
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Quattro Mani Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2008, 750ml
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Our Price: $11.00
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Our Price: $11.99
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Similar to Toscana, the sunny, Abruzzo climate and cooler nights provide ample climate for the Montepulciano grape. When normally produced, the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo produces a rich red wine; the Cerasuolo style is a rosé version of this wine. After harvest, the wine is in contact with the grape skins for only a few hours leaving a lighter, fresher rosé wine.
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Producers in Abruzzo are seeking to maximize Montepulciano's rich core of black and purple fruits through aging in barrique and rigorous processes of selection, producing concentrated offerings. Nose of raspberries and strawberries. A balanced and smooth body, with fruit flavors. Made by consulting winemaker Attilio Pagli, this wine revels in Montepulciano's simple, yet seductive fruit. Quattro Mani, or four hands, showcases a quartet of celebrated Italian winemakers, each of whom crafts wines that express the character and strength of varietals indigenous to Italy.
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Fantinel Merlot Celebrate Life 2007, 750ml
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De Forville Barbera d'Asti Vigneto Cascina Buc 2007, 750ml
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Our Price: $12.99
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Our Price: $16.50
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Celebrate Life Merlot powerfully conveys its Italian roots, maintaining its identity with an ode to the Friulian terroir where it was conceived. The cool climate gives it structure with notes of raspberry, graphite, currants on the nose. In the mouth black cherry, dried figs and chocolate are all wrapped in with very soft tannins. This is a great wine to have readily at hand as it is designed to consumed young.
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While Barbera is Piemonte’s most extensively planted grape—constituting over 50 percent of DOC production—it achieves its greatest expression in the Barbera d’Alba, Barbera d’Asti, and Monferrato DOCs. Those derived from Barbera d’Asti are regarded as realizing the most transparent expressions, given their profound articulation of Barbera’s hallmark acidity. DeForville’s traditional orientation privileges a lithe, rustic character.
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Domenico Clerico Dolcetto Langhe Visadi 2008, 750ml
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Bruno Verdi Bonarda Possessione di Vergombera 2007, 750ml
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Our Price: $18.81
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Our Price: $19.80
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Overall, vines in Piemonte were plentiful in 2008, so careful vineyard management was necessary to avoid any rot or other disease from the humidity. Heavy rains eventually transitioned into months of dry weather during harvest, leaving the grapes in perfect form. Made of 100 percent Dolcetto grown on vines planted more than 50 years ago, Clerico’s Langhe Visadi cru is macerated for four to five days; the wine then ages in barrique for six to eight months before revealing a dark, purple-red color with layered perfumes of black fruits and toast.
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Bonarda is planted in Argentina (where it's that country's second most widely planted grape) and it may or may not be related to the Lombardian grape--but both produce wines marked by ripe, exuberant fruit and moderate acidity that are easy to drink and to pair with food.
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Hilberg Barbera d'Alba Per Alessandra 2008, 750ml
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A & GN Fantino Barbera d'Alba Vigna dei Dardi 2005, 750ml
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Our Price: $19.80
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Our Price: $19.94
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Made of 100 percent Barbera from the Priocca zone in Piemonte, it is the sand and white clay marl soils and the zone's elevation, 780 meters above sea level that help produce some of the most perfectly-ripened fruit. Once harvested, the wine ferments for five days in stainless steel tanks. Thereafter, it ages in stainless steel for 12 months and then in bottle for two additional months before release. Limited to only 400 cases, this wine denotes raspberries and strawberries with lively acidity and is great with pizza.
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Barbera, the approachable Piemontese wine, has a reputation for being a food-friendly wine, and A & GN Fantino's Barbera proves how well earned that reputation is. It's an aromatic Barbera whose floral nose and palate of red fruit and spice will complement a wide swath of lunches and dinners. A happy acidity and a touch of candied lavender make this Barbera a go-to wine when dining al fresco. Drink 2007-2011.
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Valle Dell'Acate Il Frappato 2008, 750ml
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Di Giovanna Nerello Mascalese 2007, 750ml
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Our Price: $22.00
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Our Price: $22.00
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The Valle dell-Acate estate's dominant soil type, Milaro, is marked by a base of calcareous sandstone interwoven with clay that supports the area's indigenous grapes, including this Frappato. Light to medium-bodied with a memorable length, the wine has profound scents and flavors of berries, especially of raspberries, blackberries and blueberries.
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Following the footsteps of great grandfather Cristoforo Ciaccio who planted the first vineyards in 1860 and aged his wines in oak barrels in the cellar of the old stone farmhouse in Fiuminello, the Family DI GIOVANNA has cultivated its fields with unwavering pride and dedication for generations. The indigenous Nerello Mascalese possesses aromas of black cherry and currants, followed by black pepper, dark fruit and chocolate on the palate, which is all supported structurally by supple tannins.
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Stella Grignolino d'Asti 2009, 750ml
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La Querciola Chicchivello Langhe Rosso 2006, 750ml
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Our Price: $22.00
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Our Price: $22.00
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Grown almost exclusively in Piemonte, the late-ripening Grignolino is usually harvested during the last week of September or first week of October. The grape exhibits naturally high acid and soft tannins. Stella’s version is a typical rosé color, light-bodied and dry with an intensely floral and fruity nose.
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One of the four vineyards of the La Querciola estate, Chicchivello, is where the grapes are produced for their red of the same name, a structured wine of depth and lean tannins. Made of 40 percent each of Dolcetto and Barbera and 20 percent Merlot, this Langhe Rosso-classified wine is dark ruby red with a rich bouquet of black cherries and plum. Fermented in stainless steel for 8 to 10 days then aged stainless steel for one year before bottling for six months. The Dolcetto and Barbera give the wine its structure while the Merlot is added to soften the rustic blend-a perfect pairing with hors d'oeuvres and meat dishes.
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Castiglion del Bosco Dainero 2004, 750ml
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De Forville Nebbiolo d'Alba San Rocco 2007, 750ml
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Our Price: $22.09
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Our Price: $22.28
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Castiglion del Bosco means Castle in the Woods in Italian and this historic estate is a world truly unto itself, with a six-star hotel, championship golf course and culinary academy. Castiglion del Bosco also possesses a distinguished winemaking history that dates back to the 1800s though commercial production is a much more recent undertaking, beginning only in the mid-20th century, when the estate came under new ownership and many improvements were made. This is a soft, harmonious wine with notes of red currant and spice.
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Although the estate has holdings in two of Barbaresco's most highly regarded crus, Rabajà and Loreto, they also make a simpler and more approachable wine, the plum colored and full-bodied, DeForville Nebbiolo d'Alba. While it shows tar and rose petal, the calling cards of Nebbiolo, it is also marked by cherry and dark red fruit flavors and a much more approachable style.
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Frecciarossa Pinot Nero Sillery 2008, 750ml
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Fantinel Pinot Grigio Sant'Helena 2009, 750ml
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Our Price: $23.65
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Our Price: $24.00
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Only the best grapes are used for Frecciarossa’s whites, including this Pinot Nero, grown within 3.5 acres of calcareous vineyards. After a soft pressing, fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks. Made of 100 percent Pinot Nero, or Pinot Noir, this straw-yellow wine exhibits intense fruits, is subtly sweet and delicate and long lasting on the palate.
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Slightly coppery, exquisite white wine whose floral notes mingle with almonds and walnuts. Well-balanced and full-bodied. This wine has a very strong personality which it takes from the macroclimate in which the grapes grow.
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Stella Freisa d'Asti 2008, 750ml
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Stella Freisa d'Asti 2009, 750ml
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Our Price: $24.75
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Our Price: $24.75
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Highly resistant to unfavorable weather conditions and disease, this variety adapts well to diverse soils. Naturally full of bitter tannins, Stella’s Freisa reveals its softer side with lighter tannins. This perfumey wine has delicate aromas of roses, raspberries and other red fruits on the palate and isperfect with any fish or light appetizers.
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Highly resistant to unfavorable weather conditions and disease, this variety adapts well to diverse soils. Naturally full of bitter tannins, Stella's Freisa reveals its softer side with lighter tannins. This perfumey wine has delicate aromas of roses, raspberries and other red fruits on the palate and is perfect with any fish or light appetizers.
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Castello di Cacchiano Chianti Classico 2005, 750ml
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Bodega Chacra Pinot Noir Rio Negro Barda 2008, 750ml
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Our Price: $24.99
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Our Price: $26.00
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There aren't many estates more dedicated to Chianti than Castello di Cacchiano. Proprietor Giovanni Ricasoli-Firidolfi is dedicated to creating a top-flight expression of Sangiovese and this muscular, well-made wine is a testament to his devotion to the varietal.
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This is the entry level Pinot Noir from the estate. It's easy, supple sipping provides for the perfect everyday wine, and is one of the great values in the whole Pinot category. Just two thousand cases are produced and this wine will not be available for long. An IWM favorite, it is one of our top picks.
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