Tenuta Sette Ponti Poggio al Lupo 2009
Poggio al Lupo is deep, opaque purple in color suggesting its considerable intensity and extraction. The heady aromas deliver jammy black berry fruit and cassis impressions with notes of balsam wood and cedar which are confirmed on a palate of great silky voluptuousness. The finish is long, penetrating and seductive.
Intense ruby red in color with garnet reflections. Aromas of violets and vanilla, with hints of licorice. Velvety palate, with tart-cherry flavors and traces of spice. Well structured with supple tannins, superb concentration, and good acidity. Persistent finish. Brunello di Montalcino was Italy’s first wine to be accorded DOCG status, a...
Lively concentrated ruby carnet. Very precisely defined flavour, full and well balanced. Rich, warm, silky texture with sensations of ripe fruit and hints of wild berries. Dry wine suitable for main red meats courses, roasts and game. It is an ideal wine to be savoured in meditation”. Serve at room temperature,...
Barrique-aged Nebbiolo/Barbera blend Arte” was the original super-Piedmont” wine; Marc de Grazia and Clerico devised this ground-breaking blend together in 1983. Vinification: Maceration on the skins in steel rotary fermentor for 5-10 days the Nebbiolo grapes and for 10-14 days the Barbera grapes, ageing in new French barriques for 16-20 months...
Gaja Chardonnay Rossj Bass 2010
This wine is produced from grapes grown in several estate-owned vineyards. The Rossj vineyard, planted in 1984, is named for Angelo Gaja's younger daughter Rossana, (Rossj). Color: Golden. Aroma: Fine perfume of citrus fruits and flowers with a hint of honey. Taste: Considerable depth. Elegant body, definite character and good acidity;...
Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura
Deep and intense red color; complex but immediately captivating with fresh and sweet flavors of plums, cherries, blackberry jam, and raspberries. The forward fruit is enveloped with hints of chocolate, cigar box, vanilla and licorice. Poggio alle Mura is the historical name of the 12th century fortress crowning the Banfi vineyard...
Classic Cabernet flavors and aromas of cassis and blackberry mark this jammy, highly extracted wine, and are offset by notes of dried herbs, spice, vanilla and cedar supported by bold, firm tannins and a long finish.
Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli 2003
Produced only in the best years and in limited quantities, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2003 Vigna Paganelli is made exclusively with Sangiovese grapes sourced from the eponymous vineyard, planted in 1964. An austere, classic and aristocratic Brunello, it is a wine that honors the blazon and the image of the wine...
The wine is named for the Gromis family, which owned the prized vineyard in the commune of La Morra throughout the 19th century. The Gaja family now owns this vineyard and, together with an outstanding Gaja-owned vineyard in Serralunga, it provides the grapes for this wine. The soil of both vineyards...
The vineyards were planted to Sauvignon Blanc in 1983. The wine derives its name from the alteni, small stone walls that once surrounded the orchards in the area, and brassica, the yellow flowers that cover the vineyards in the spring.
