$3399each $407DOZEN EACH DOZEN

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The solid super Tuscan backbone of Sangiovese with various inclusions of Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah, inaugurally introduced in 1928 by Marquis Niccolò Antinor, the first Chianti ever to be made suitable for bottle ageing and development. In 2001, Piero Antinori launched a new step in the evolution of Villa Antinori, making it a pure Tuscan Indicazione Geografica Tipica vinified exclusively from fruit grown to the finest Tuscany estates. Such a well regarded and internationally renowned marque, the label has remained largely unchanged since 1928.

$3799each $455DOZEN EACH DOZEN All vines are closely managed to achieve harvests of healthy fruit with an optimal ratio of sugars to acidity. Bunches are destemmed and grapes are gently crushed, the musts are moved to controlled fermenters for eight to twelve days maceration and up to a week of vinification at temperatures peaking at 28C. Eight to twelve days macerations ensure proper extraction of colour and soft tannins. Batches are treated to malolactic in October and November, followed by transfer to a selection of French, Hungarian and American oak barrels for twelve months maturation before bottling and ageing for at least another eight months before release.

Intense ruby red color. Aromas of red fruit which remind one of blueberries and blackberries, notes of oak inspired vanilla. On the palate, the wine is generous and full bodied, exhibiting soft tannins followed by a finish which leaves behind hints of red berry fruit flavours and lingering spice.

Villa Puccini is crafted to embody the traditions and enduring spirit of Tuscany. The bold flavours of Sangiovese have been beautifully integrated with the supple nature of Merlot, the final wine is an easy to enjoy dry red that offers many of the rich complexities and character of the loftiest Tuscans. Only the finest Sangiovese and Merlot grapes from family owned vineyards near Suvereto, Cecina and Bolgheri are assembled. Villa Puccini recommends this medium bodied mediterranean be enjoyed young, alongside good cuisine and the company of fellow epicureans.

$1999each $239DOZEN EACH DOZEN Mostly Sangiovese with a tenth of Merlot. Maritime influences and exceptional soils around the hillside Villa Puccini vineyards consist of clay, limestone and gravel. They impart a notable softness to the fruit. The Villa Puccini Tuscan starts with ripe coastal grapes, fermented according to ancient local traditions, it is then refined into a combination of large and small finely coopered European oak casks. Here it is allowed to mellow for a year, the separate barrels are then rigorously tested by the winemakers until the final mix is determined. The assembled wine is then cold bottled under a nitrogen blanket at the Castellani winery in Santa Lucia, Tuscany, followed by several further months of bottle ageing.

Ruby red colour. Complex bouquet of violets and cherry, chocolate and nuts, olive and bay leaf, lingering with rosemary and thyme. A full rich palate is dominated by blackberry fruits, mints and plum, cedar, oak and cinnamon notes. A dry red wine with depth and breadth, delicious flavours over refined silken textures. Delicious and approachable at its youth, a superb Italian food wine.

The ultimate quality of wine is the goal at De Bortoli but sustainable environmental management is non negotiable, clean soils and a holistic old world approach, really do make great Sangiovese. Always the visionaries, they established a block of Sangiovese with cuttings transplanted from the illustrious Brunello vineyards of Tuscany. Sangiovese likes the warmth and vines were sown to a north south axis for optimal exposure to the sun. Bright red fruit bouquets, charcuterie, dried herbs and spice, intense red and dark fruits, bucolic and textural, savoury and deliciously dry.

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A collation of various clones Nebbiolo, from a highly exposed north facing slope on the Dixons Creek property in Yarra Valley. Fruit is whole bunch pressed and racked to well seasoned barriques for a natural ferment, six weeks lees contact and occasional stirring for texture and mouthfeel. A savoury pink wine of lifted wild cherry notes and iced vovo creamyness, its mouth watering flavours of melon, orange and applejack make Vinoque the Rosé of choice, to accompany pink hued cuisines, salmon and proscuittos, fig recipes and all Al Fresco fare.

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