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Amoterra Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2023
Regular price £13.95Bright and expressive floral aromas follow through on the palate which is concentrated and vibrant with juicy apricot, green apple and pear fruit, and mineral notes.
Grapes: Trebbiano
Region: Abruzzo
Country: Italy
ABV: 12.5%
Organic
Amoterra means to ‘love the land’, this is the vinyards ethos. The harvesting period of the Trebbiano starts from the second week of September. As soon as the grapes arrive in the cellar they are crushed and de-stemmed, then softly pressed. Cold maceration for 24 hours at 8 degrees. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature in stainless steel for about 10-15 days.
Donna Elvira Fink Fiano DOCG 2019
Regular price £17.95Straw yellow with flecks of green. The nose is aromatic and floral with citrus peel, quince, ripe pear notes. The palate is beautifully balanced and fresh and has long mineral finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Campania, Irpinia
Grapes: Fiano
ABV: 13%
Castello Romitorio Toscana Rosso "BRIO" Sangiovese 2022
Regular price £17.95Sangiovese grapes from Tuscany, this wine is colourful yet elegant - just like the art on the label. Notes of ripe cherry, raspberries and earthiness, all accompanied by delicious juicy acidity making the wine super easy drinking.
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese
ABV: 13%
Il Traliccio Trebbiano 2022
Regular price £8.75A great value, clean, crisp Trebbiano. Light green apple fruit characters with bright, fresh acidity.
Country: Italy
Region: Emilia Romagna
Grapes: Trebbiano
ABV: 11%
Travaglini Gattinara Riserva 2017
Regular price £49.95You can't miss this bottle on the shelf with it's distinct tactile, voluptuos shape. Deep garnet ruby-red colour, it is a full and rich wine, the bouquet verges on dried fruit, violet, blackberry, raspberry with hints of spices coming form the barrels. Deep, dry and full bodied finish, long and lingering.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13.5%
Gattinara Riserva is a characterful red wine from Piedmont, a region in Northern Italy. With great ageing potential Gattinara rivals Barolo and Barbaresco. The Riserva Gattinara is made only in the best vintages. The wine spends at least three years in oak barrels and 1 year in the bottle.
Cirò Rosso Superiore Tenuta Del Conte 2018
Regular price £26.95Gaglioppo...no, we didn't know that grape variety either. Now its one we'll never forget.
Tawny-brick red colour, powerful and persistent fragrance. Well-balanced, leathery palate with a back bone of black fruit and grippy, but supple tannins, making this a very versatile wine with meat dishes ranging from game birds to pork and lamb.
Country: Italy
Region:Cirò, Calabria
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Gaglioppo
Food match: rich roast pork dishes, pheasant or slow roast lamb.
The wine has a garnet colour that is the typical color of Gaglioppo. The nose shows dark fruit aromas, dried herbs and dried flowers, and intense earthy notes. The tertiary aromas of mushrooms and leather are also evident and well interwoven with the dark fruit notes. On the palate the dark fruit flavours follow through; blueberries, black cherries, and blackcurrants. Smooth and silky in texture. The wine is juicy, and it shows elegance and good integration of all the elements. This wine is the quintessential example of a true Gaglioppo grape!
The wines are made in Calabria in the toe of Italy’s boot, where native varieties reign supreme – Magliocco, Nerello, Mantonico, Greco and the region’s star grape, Gaglioppo.
The Cirò DOC is a picturesque corner of the Mediterranean, along the Ionian coast, in the eastern foothills of the Calabria region, a large peninsula that forms the toe to Italy’s boot. The Parrilla family, who own and run Tenuta del Conte, have been making wine here for four generations, the latest of which to take over the estate are Mariangela, Giuseppe, and Caterina.
In 2011 Mariangela Parrilla took over as winemaker. Mariangela takes a philosophical approach to winemaking, with the aim to let these traditional indigenous grape varieties speak for themselves and their terroir. Her wines are all organic, no herbicides or chemicals are used at any stage of the production process, she opts for spontaneous fermentations using indigenous yeasts, no filtration, and solely stainless-steel and bottle aging. Taking each wine vintage by vintage she lets them evolve and age “according to their own natural rhythm”, making each wine unique. This could be just one year in bottle before release or over 10 years. Not only does she capture the unique character of the grape variety but that of the vintage it's from too.
Together with a handful of other wineries in the area, Mariangela is part of “The Cirò Revolution”, a group formed to promote and protect their territory’s identity. They are dedicated to organic viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking, they make traditional wines, in homage to their ancestors, from native grape varieties.
Rallo Vicoletto Orange Cataratto 2022
Regular price £15.50On the west side of Sicily close to Marsala, Cantine Rallo has its vineyards and winery.
This ‘Orange’ wine is bright yet slightly cloudy in colour thanks to the natural approach to winemaking; with no stabilisation, fining or filtration resulting in a wine with very low sulphur levels. The bouquet is a beautiful mix of citrus, grapefruit, apple and white flesh fruits that follows onto the palate. Complemented by Mediterranean herbs and a backbone of fresh acidity.
Country: Italy
Region: Marsala, Sicily
Grapes: Catarratto
ABV: 12.5%
Borga Cabernet Franc
Regular price £10.95An intense ruby red wine. Very fresh and full bodied, lovely finish. Perfect with game or aged cheeses.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Malbec
ABV: 12.5%
Recioto Della Valpolicella Classico DOCG Cantina Negrar 2020 50cl
Regular price £22.95The sweet wine of Valpolicella - red nectar in a bottle.
Deliciously decadent dessert wine with rich winter red berry flavours, notes of chocolate, spiced prunes and Christmas cake. Delicious.
Country: Italy
Region: Valpolicella
ABV:12.5%
Grapes: Corvina 60%, Corvinone 15%, Rondinella 15%, others 10%.
Food Match: Chocolate based desserts or cakes or just simply with a good chunk of good quality dark chocolate.
Travaglini Gattinara Selezione 2019/2020
Regular price £39.95Gattinara is often overlooked as a DOCG but is definitely worth a try if you are a Barolo, Barbaresco or general Nebbiolo lover. Travaglini has put this area on the map in the last 20 years. Concentrated, rich and complex red fruit, blackberry, cherry, plum, liquorice, vanilla and baking spice on the palate. Refined and elegant with a hint of rusticity.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13.5%
Primitivo Lirica 2021
Regular price £17.95Medium ruby red colour with a pure nose of ripe dark fruits, cherry, plum and sweet spices like ginger and aniseed supported with discreet oak. The palate is round and textured with a well balanced freshness, ending with a long and broad spicy finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
Grapes: Primitivo 100%
ABV: 14.5 %
Oak Ageing 6 Months
Food Matching
A food-flexible wine, but pairs well with roast red meats, grills, pasta with ragu sauce.
Castello Tricerchi Brunello di Montalcino 2018
Regular price £46.95Aged for more than 2 years in durmast casks, this Brunello expresses the character and nobility of the hand-harvested grapes from the Vigna del Castello and the Vigna del Velo. From one of the most important vintages of the century, great ageing potential is combined here with an already appealing drinkability, characteristic of the Tricerchi style.
Country: Italy
Region: Montalcino, Tuscany
ABV: 14.5%
Grapes: Sangiovese
The Castello Tricerchi Estate is situated on the northern side of Montalcino. Thirteen of the 400 hectares are covered with Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino vineyards. In the centre of the Estate stands the eponymous castle which was built in the
13th Century by the Altesi family and completed by the Tricerchi family in 1441; now it serves as both winery and home to their direct descendants, the Squarcia family.
Drinking Window 2024-2034
Dolcetto d'Alba 'Pian Balbo' 2019
Regular price £17.75A vibrant nose of plum, cherry, violet, sweet spice and dried herbs. The palate has lots of fresh fruit flavours, including sour cherry and plum with refreshing acidity. The youthful fruit combines with spice and bitter chocolate notes giving a wine of depth and personality with a firm, dry and savoury finish - great served with food, perhaps lightly chilled.
Country: Italy
Region: Langhe, Piemonte
Grapes: Dolcetto
ABV: 12%
Food Match: Italian meat based pasta dishes, carpaccio of beef and lightly grilled meats.
The Dolcetto grapes are sourced from Colla's Cascine Drago estate - where the average age of vines is 20 years, planted at around 350m altitude. The grapes are immediately destalked and crushed, and then macerated on the skins for 5-7 days. Malolactic fermentation is completed before winter sets in. The wine stabilises in stainless steel, and then rests for a few months in bottle.
Il Caggio Prosecco
Regular price £12.50Small and lively bubbles burst onto the tongue. A smooth mousse and subtle wild apples and pear fruits exude from the palate with a refreshing lift on the finish. A lovely aperitif, great served alongside sushi or baked cod.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grapes: 100% Glera
AVB: 11%
Gutturnio DOC Frizzante 2022 (Sparkling Red)
Regular price £18.95Great alternative dessert wine. Raspberry, strawberry and bitter cherry aromas and flavours with sour cherry finish. Great with pavlova or strawberries and cream. Don't limit this beverage to just dessert though - it will go well as an aperitif or with soft cheese after dinner.
Country: Italy
Region: Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna
Grapes: Barbera and Bonarda
ABV: 12.5%
Saliza Amaretto 70cl
Regular price £26.95A traditional Italian amaretto made with crushed almonds.
The name comes from a Venetian legend. Salizada refers to one of the first paved streets in Venice, where you can still find a red stone in the shape of a heart. When lovers touch it they will love each other for ever after.
Country: Italy
Region: Fruili
ABV: 28%
Grape Spirit
The Story of Tosolini
The special secret of Tosolini distilled spirits will never be revealed to anyone outside of the members of the family. The ancient art acquired by Master Distiller Bepi Tosolini continues to live on in the professional commitment that is displayed by the entire family, from Giovanni, who now heads the company, to his grandchildren Giuseppe, Bruno and Lisa.
The Tosolini family are committed to preserving and refining the knowledge that their grandfather Bepi acquired from the master distillers of the territory of Friuli. This philosophy has resulted in a continual search for improved product quality and purity, while maintaining the intuition and mastery displayed by Bepi Tosolini also resulted in some innovations in the production of distillates. Defined by a famous journalist from the specialised press as the “patriarch of the still”, Bepi arranged for some special steam stills featuring manual controls to be built, which are still used by the company today. In fact, the steam still does not “burn” the marc or the grapes, but instead delicately transports the alcoholic vapours to the top of the device, allowing a pure and aromatic distillate to be obtained.
Elegia Primitivo 2019 .
Regular price £27.95A bright ruby red colour with garnet nuances, this is an intense and complex Primitivo wine. Aromas of ripe raspberry and blackberry as well as plum jam combined with clean, spicy, vanilla and balsamic notes. Dry, warm, soft, tannic and persistent in the mouth, all rounded out by the toasted oak notes.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
Grapes: Primitivo 100%
ABV: 15%
Food Matching
This Riserva pairs well with richer foods, red meat and game.
Vegan ,Vegetarian.
Oak Ageing : 12 Months
Travaglini Nebbiolo Coste della Sesia 2020
Regular price £22.95This is a fruity, fresh and approachable Nebbiolo. The nose shows delicate mineral notes with hints of violet, rose and liquorice, while the on the palate the silky tannins and long, smooth finish make this a delightfully well-balanced wine.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13%
Food Match: perfect with pasta dishes, roasted meat and cheeses.
Monte Antico Toscana Rosso IGT 2019
Regular price £14.95This accessible Super Tuscan has an elegant bouquet of leather, black cherries, liquorice and plums leading to a medium to full-bodied palate where ripe red fruit show off the goût de terroir in addition to subtle notes of vanilla and violets, which harmonise and linger, interlacing with the soft tannins and gorgeous silky texture. A firm backbone with perfect integration of acidity and fruit.
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese 85%
Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
Merlot 5%
ABV: 13%
Food matches: An extremely versatile and food- friendly wine, serve with classic Italian dishes of pasta, risotto, flame-grilled meat, and hard cheeses.
Monte Antico was established in the early 1970s and takes their name from the medieval town of the same name located in Maremma, just a short distance from Montalcino towards the sea.
Poderi Colla Bussia Barolo 2018
Regular price £50.95Single vineyard 'Dardi le Rose' is on the hill of Bussia, one of the great Barolo crus. The vines are grown at 300-350 metres above sea level, with a south westerly exposure. A small percentage of the wine is aged in Slovinian and French oak. Tino Colla describes the 2016 as the most perfect vintage of his 50 year experience. This wine is just superb. Don't miss out on getting hold of some and drinking it this festive season.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmonte
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13.5%
Caparzo Rosso di Montalcino 2022
Regular price £22.95Dark, ruby red in colour. A pervasive bouquet, which is very generous and varied, with hints of violet, raspberry and pomegranate. On the palate the wine is warm, dry, generous, well-balanced.
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Sangiovese
Food Matches: Red meat, minestrone soup
As seen in the movie 'Letters to Juliet' starring Amanda Seyfried, Gael García Bernal and Vanessa Redgrave. The Carpazo vineyard is the real deal!
Caiaffa Fiano IGT Organic 2023
Regular price £17.95Floral and stunningly aromatic wine, reminiscent of white lillies, ripe pears and sherbet. You got to try this wine - it's lovely all year round!
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
Grapes: Fiano Minutolo
ABV: 14%
Caiaffa are certified organic, they do not use insecticides or pesticides in order to encourage a balanced ecosystem.
Zensa Primitivo 6
Regular price £77.60 Sale price £74.006 bottles of organic wine pleasure in a glass - should be a staple in every household!
This is a big and powerful red wine, very dark red in colour. The nose has plenty of dark fruit aromas, plums, black cherries, chocolate, dried fruit and slight herbaceous notes. The palate is full, dense and rich with intense and sweet, ripe fruit. There are more plum and spice flavours on the palate. The finish is has a touch of residual sugar, giving some natural sweetness, and is full, rich and lingering.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
ABV: 14 %
Grape: 90% Zinfandel, 10% Merlot
Cirò Bianco Tenuta Del Conte 2021
Regular price £22.95Yellow - orange in colour, elegant and bright with a nose of sourdough bread. Dry, cool and well-balanced with a complex, refined, umami aftertaste. Skin contact wine at it's very best.
Country: Italy
Region: Cirò, Calabria
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Greco
Food match: Monk fish wrapped in pancetta or pork belly.
The Cirò DOC is a picturesque corner of the Mediterranean, along the Ionian coast, in the eastern foothills of the Calabria region, a large peninsula that forms the toe to Italy’s boot. The Parrilla family, who own and run Tenuta del Conte, have been making wine here for four generations, the latest of which to take over the estate are Mariangela, Giuseppe, and Caterina.
In 2011 Mariangela Parrilla took over as winemaker. Mariangela takes a philosophical approach to winemaking, with the aim to let these traditional indigenous grape varieties speak for themselves and their terroir. Her wines are all organic, no herbicides or chemicals are used at any stage of the production process, she opts for spontaneous fermentations using indigenous yeasts, no filtration, and solely stainless-steel and bottle aging. Taking each wine vintage by vintage she lets them evolve and age “according to their own natural rhythm”, making each wine unique. This could be just one year in bottle before release or over 10 years. Not only does she capture the unique character of the grape variety but that of the vintage it's from too.
Together with a handful of other wineries in the area, Mariangela is part of “The Cirò Revolution”, a group formed to promote and protect their territory’s identity. They are dedicated to organic viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking, they make traditional wines, in homage to their ancestors, from native grape varieties.
Zensa Red Mixed
Regular price £77.70 Sale price £74.00By far our most popular pair of Italian reds in the shop - this is a great deal!
3 x Zensa Primitivo
This is a big and powerful red wine, dark red in colour. The nose has plenty of dark fruit aromas, plums, black cherries, chocolate, dried fruit and slight herbaceous notes. The palate is full, dense and rich with intense and sweet, ripe fruit. There are more plum and spice flavours on the palate. The finish is has a touch of residual sugar, giving some natural sweetness, and is full, rich and lingering.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
ABV: 14 %
Grape: 90% Zinfandel, 10% Merlot
3 x Zensa Nero d'Avola Appassimento
The wine has a deep purple-red colour & intense aromas of blackberries & blueberries. The palate is soft & silky, bursting with spicy flavours of black pepper, dark chocolate, wild berries & vanilla. The tannins are elegant yet persistent. The finish is long & lingering and offers a burst of wild cherries at the end.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
ABV: 13.5 %
Grape: Nero D'Avola
Fun Fact: Zensa in Italian means “without” referring to the absence of any chemicals or pesticides in the winemaking process.