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Red wine with an intense, winey and grassy bouquet. The flavor is dry, robust and harmonious.
This wine is excellent with meat-based first and second courses as well as with hard cheeses.
$39.99
"You are holding a treasure of the ages, the Queen of dessert wines, a rare gem of exquisite, crushed velvet texture and a palate brimming with vivid, seductive black fruit and chocolate notes. One sip will tell you why, for centuries, Recioto represented the pinnacle of every Valpolicella winemaker’s range – until one fateful day in 1936 when it was discovered that splendid sweet Recioto, when left, transformed into delectable dry Amarone. Today, the clamour for Amarone consigns original Recioto to a tiny two per cent of each vintage... and that is why the bottle you are holding is, well, very small. Yet so very, very special!" John Kirwan
RECIOTO DELLA VALPOLICELLA DOCG
Produced from the local Valpolicella grape varieties, Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara, and aged in oak barrels, Recioto is a sweet, full-bodied, elegant and velvety wine.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
TOWN OF PRODUCTION: San Pietro in Cariano
GRAPE VARIETIES: Corvina 40%, Corvinone 20%, Rondinella, Molinara and Sangiovese 40%
TRAINING SYSTEM: Pergola veronese
HARVEST PERIOD: Second half of October
WINE MAKING: Grapes are selected in the vineyard and are then placed in crates in the fruit drying loft. The must is left in contact with the grapes to ensure colour is extracted from the grapes skins during the whole fermentation process. Pumping over is carried out twice a day and delastage is carried out half way through the fermentation process
AGING: 2 years in 25hl oak barrels
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5%
COLOUR: Intense purple red
BOUQUET: Aromas of fruit jam, Moreno cherries, red cherries, vanilla, dried fruit and spice
FLAVOUR: Full-bodied, elegant, slightly sweet and velvety
SERVING TEMPERATURE: Approximately 16 °C
FOOD MATCHES: Dessert wine suited for cakes and sweets or chocolate and almonds
BOTTLED BY: AZIENDA AGRICOLA BRIGALDARA - San Pietro in Cariano, Verona - Italy
$39.99
Primitivo is one of Italy's greatest grapes. It is thought to have arrived in Puglia, the heel of Italy, in the 18th century from across the Adriatic Sea via the Croatian coast. Its Italian name was derived from its early ripening nature. Monk and botanist, Don Francesco Filippo Indellicati, named the variety Primitivo from the Latin "primativus" or "first to ripen". It is a grape that is rich in colour though its skin is delicate and thin. At its most simple, it produces wines that are fruit-forward, fleshy and opulent with notes of ripe cherries, blackberries, sometimes fig and a whiff of black pepper. But at its most qualitative, it creates powerful, complex, savoury and age-worthy reds. Located on the southern side of Puglia facing the Ionian Sea, the area around Manduria is one of the greatest zones for Primitivo. Renowned for its iron-rich soils of sand, silt, and clay over a volcanic sub-soil, Manduria benefits from the sea's cool breezes, which often creates a temperate climate despite its southerly location.
Varietal: Primitivo 100%
Vineyard age: 15-25 years old
Training system: "alberello" (bush vine) and espallier
Harvest time: early September
Average yield per hectare: 90 quintals (9.000 kilograms)
Vinification: thermo-controlled alcoholic fermentation at 25°C (77° F), maceration for 1 week
Ageing: minimum 6 months in big casks of Slavonian oak
Alcohol content: 14,5% Vol.
TASTING NOTES
Colour: medium deep ruby red colour
Bouquet: pure and modern nose of ripe dark fruit, cherry, plum, sweet spices like ginger and aniseed with discreet oak
Taste: the palate is medium to full with a rounded texture, a well-balanced freshness underneath with a rather long and broad spicy fìnish
Suggested pairing: meat, braised beef roast and medium-aged cheeses
Serving temperature: 16° - 18° C (60°- 64° F)
The history of PRODUTTORI DI MANDURIA started in the 1920s, when the Italian government appropriated funds to stimulate the vineyards from the south of Italy to cooperate in the production of wine, due to their poor disposition and resources. In Manduria a little group of vine-dressers decided to commercialise Primitivo, and in 1932 the Consorzio was officially founded. The cooperative was made up of the best vineyards in Manduria, who worked together to create the best Primitivo in the area. Today, the Consorzio is home to the Museum of Primitivo, which documents the millenary relationship between the people of Manduria and the art of making wine.
$44.99
"It would have the hallmarks of a legend, if it wasn’t true – how a cask of forgotten Recioto dessert wine was discovered in 1936, wonderfully aged into a bold, dry red with a pleasing bitter edge (Amarone is Italian for “bitter”). Our friend Stefano Cesari and his family still create the finest of wines in the hills of Verona – and here, they quite simply prove why authentic Amarone has become one of Italy’s most symbolic wines." John Kirwan
AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA DOCG CLASSICO
Brigaldara Amarone is a rich, full bodied wine made from local grape varieties, Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara, which are dried and then fermented. The wine is aged for up to 30 months in oak casks before bottling.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
TOWN OF PRODUCTION: San Pietro in Cariano
GRAPE VARIETIES: Corvinone 50%, Corvina 20%, Rondinella 20%, others 10%
TRAINING SYSTEM: Pergola veronese and Guyot
HARVEST PERIOD: second half of October
VINEYARD AREA: 20 hectares - 4000-5000 plants/ha
YEAR VINEYARDS PLANTED: 1994
ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 60000
WINE MAKING: Grapes are selected in the vineyard and are placed in crates to be then left to dry in the fruit drying loft. During the fermentation process, the must is left in contact with the grape skins so that the colour is extracted from the fruit. Pumping over is carried out twice a day and delestage is carried out half way through the fermentation process.
AGING: 1 year in barrique and then 2 years in 25hl oak barrels
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 16.5%
COLOUR: Garnet red
BOUQUET: Aromas of fruit jam, Moreno cherries, red cherries and vanilla.
FLAVOUR: full-bodied, elegant, complex and velvety
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18-20 °C
FOOD MATCHES: Red meat, boiled meat, aged cheese, aged cuts, chocolate
BOTTLED BY: AZIENDA AGRICOLA BRIGALDARA - San Pietro in Cariano, Verona - Italy
$59.99
Awarded 93/100
Cameron Douglas, The Shout, 2017
JK.14 Piave Malanotte 2011 Treviso, Italy – From the Raboso grape this wine presents an intriguing bouquet of red fruits – from blackberry to keri-berry, dark plum and black currant; other aromas include wood spice, toast, tar, brown sugar and smoke. On the palate – dry, firm, plenty of tannins engage and challenge the senses and in typical Italian fashion dominate and demand food; plenty of acidity then fruit flavours that match the nose. Weighty and quite meaty, with a lengthy and fairly concentrated finish. Decant for service please – drinking best from now and through 2030.
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