2017 Petit Picoron Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux AOC This exceptional Bordeaux wine is from carefully selected plots on the continuation of Saint-Émilion’s celebrated limestone ridge, the perfect terroir to grow a beautiful 100% Merlot. The south facing ridge shielded Château Picoron from the Bordeaux Spring frost which impacted most other wineries, making 2017 a vintage to celebrate. Only 1400 cases were produced from the rolling clay and limestone hills of Château Picoron. VARIETALS 100% Merlot VINTAGE 2017 Download Tasting Note
2019 Pfaff Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes Alsace AOC Located at the heart of the vineyard of Alsace since 1957, Cave des Vignerons de Pfaffenheim has developed a taste for quality and innovation in line with its traditions and values. This old vines Pinot noir unveils fresh aromas of berries and some notes of spices. For more info, visit Pfaff website. VARIETALS 100% Pinot Noir VINTAGE 2019 Download Tasting Note
2019 Pfaff Tradition Pinot Noir Alsace AOC Located at the heart of the vineyard of Alsace since 1957, Cave des Vignerons de Pfaffenheim has developed a taste for quality and innovation in line with its traditions and values. Pinot noir often unveils fresh aromas of black currant, red berries and some notes of leather. For more info, visit Pfaff website. VARIETALS 100% Pinot Noir VINTAGE 2019 Download Tasting Note
2022 Pierre Chainier Pinot Noir The Pierre Chainier House, based in Amboise, owns over 250 hectares divided between Tours and Amboise, directly cultivating and distributing all legendary grapes of the Loire Valley. The trading business gives opportunities to create harmonies of wine likely to answer to specific requests. The new range of Pierre Chainier shows blended cuvees of typical Pinot Noir varietals, developing partnerships with wine growers and the various cuvees are selected and blended after several tastings. For more info, visit Pierre Chainier website. VARIETALS 100% Pinot Noir VINTAGE 2022 Download Tasting Note
2021 PietraPura Mandus Primitivo di Manduria DOP The PietraPura range is the result of the shared objectives of making the most of the native vines of the Salento area and of creating wines that express the very best of the terroir. Rocca delle Macìe has combined experience and expertise to create three different types of wine using Primitivo and Negroamaro grapes, which are vinified and bottled in the Puglia Region, under the watchful eye of the Zingarelli family’s chief winemaker, Luca Francioni. This wine is produced with Primitivo grapes selected in the Salento Area of Apulia. After temperature controlled fermentation is over, must is gently pressed and the wine goes through 4 months aging in French oak barrels. For more info, visit Rocca delle Macìe website. VARIETALS 100% Primitivo VINTAGE 2021 Download Tasting Note
2020 PietraPura Primitivo Hyria Puglia IGP The PietraPura range is the result of the shared objectives of making the most of the native vines of the Salento area and of creating wines that express the very best of the terroir. Rocca delle Macìe has combined experience and expertise to create three different types of wine using Primitivo and Negroamaro grapes, which are vinified and bottled in the Puglia Region, under the watchful eye of the Zingarelli family’s chief winemaker, Luca Francioni. The Primitivo grapes of this wine come from selected vineyards located in southern Puglia, where the traditional Alberello basso vine training method is employed. For more info, visit Rocca delle Macìe website. VARIETALS 100% Primitivo VINTAGE 2020 Download Tasting Note
NV Pluvium Winemaker Selection Tinto Since 1885, the Vicente Gandía seal gives all its products common characteristics: high quality, reasonable prices, and stability between one harvest and another. Wines that transmit elegance, complexity, softness and balance. Today, you can find Vicente Gandía in 90 countries on 5 continents, as the largest winery in the Valencian Community. In addition, in 2014 it won the award for the best Spanish winery in the prestigious international competition AWC Vienna. That same year, the World Association of Writers and Journalists of Wines and Spirits included it in their ranking of the top 50 wineries in the world. In 2018, the European Congress of Enogastronomic Brotherhoods (CEUCO) awarded the “Aurum Europa Excellente” Prize to Vicente Gandía as “Best European Winery”, reconfirmed also in 2022. Pluvium Premium Selection Red is a Spanish red, dry wine from the Valencia region. It is a blend of two grapes: Bobal and Tempranillo. Expressive bouquet, balanced with good acidity and a spicy background. For more info, visit Vicente Gandía website. VARIETALS Cabernet Sauvignon, Bobal VINTAGE NV Download Tasting Note
2021 Poggio Dragone Sangiovese-Merlot Terre di Chieti IGP Ancient legends recount tales of nymphs, giants and winged serpents in the encompassing Apennine mountains. During the 5th century BC, the most feared mythical dragon devastated Ate and Tixa, in the southern part of Abruzzo. St. Leucio, famed slayer was summoned to kill the dragon. Today St. Leucio Cathedral stands on the monster’s den and contains the dragon’s 2 meter rib as proof of the diocesan’s bravery. Hand-harvested grapes from the Abruzzo region make up this fruit-forward red wine. Classic Italian varietal Sangiovese is combined with French Merlot and aged for three months in large vessels made from oak, to soften and round out the tannins. Sangiovese gives crunchy red fruits, brisk acidity and fine tannins for structure, while Merlot adds soft, fleshy red stone fruits, producing a plush, satisfying red. 100% renewable energy e.on VARIETALS 85% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot VINTAGE 2021 Download Tasting Note
2022 Porta Do Monte Alentejano Vinho Tinto Casa Santos Lima was created to ensure the continuous development of Santos Lima’s wine producing activity created several generations ago. This activity was first started by Joaquim Santos Lima, who, by the turn of 19th century, was already a great producer and exporter of Portuguese wines. Still a family owned company, today is present in the regions of Lisboa, Algarve, Alentejo, Vinho Verde and Douro. Porta do Monte is a genuine wine expressing all the authenticity of the region. The deep violet colour reveals rich aromas, with combined dark fruit and floral notes. For more info, visit Casa Santos Lima website. VARIETALS Touriga Nacional, Alicante Bouschet, Petit Verdot and Syrah VINTAGE 2022 Download Tasting Note
2022 Progetti Agricoli La Calla Nero d’Avola Sicilia DOC Progetti Agricoli is committed to achieve the best quality of products with a creative design. Each project wine is conceived and realized to change from time to time, region to region, appellation to appellation, and vintage after vintage to “design each wine like a unique project”. For more info, visit Progetti Agricoli website. VARIETALS 100% Nero d’Avola VINTAGE 2022 Download Tasting Note
2021 Progetti Agricoli Terre di Mario Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOP Progetti Agricoli is committed to achieve the best quality of products with a creative design. Each project wine is conceived and realized to change from time to time, region to region, appellation to appellation, and vintage after vintage to “design each wine like a unique project”. For more info, visit Progetti Agricoli website. VARIETALS 100% Montepulciano VINTAGE 2021 Download Tasting Note
NV Progetti Agricoli Terre di Mario Vino Rosso Progetti Agricoli is committed to achieve the best quality of products with a creative design. Each project wine is conceived and realized to change from time to time, region to region, appellation to appellation, and vintage after vintage to “design each wine like a unique project”. For more info, visit Progetti Agricoli website. VARIETALS Blend of Italian grapes VINTAGE NV Download Tasting Note
NV Promesa Sommelier Edition Red Made with selected grapes from the estate, Promesa Sommelier Edition is a young and elegant line of wines distinguished by its rich fruit, intense colour and delicate aromas. This red wine is made of Cabernet Sauvignon base blend, with grapes grown on the estate. VARIETALS Cabernet Sauvignon VINTAGE NV Download Tasting Note
2021 Quid Pro Quo Alentejano Vinho Tinto Casa Santos Lima was created to ensure the continuous development of Santos Lima’s wine producing activity created several generations ago. This activity was first started by Joaquim Santos Lima, who, by the turn of 19th century, was already a great producer and exporter of Portuguese wines. Still a family owned company, today is present in the regions of Lisboa, Algarve, Alentejo, Vinho Verde and Douro. The basis for the first-class and wonderfully powerful cuvée Quid Pro Quo Vinho Tinto from Casa Santos Lima are Alfrocheiro, Tempranillo and Touriga Nacional grapes. For more info, visit Casa Santos Lima website. VARIETALS Alfrocheiro, Tempranillo, Touriga Nacional VINTAGE 2021 Download Tasting Note
NV Quinta do Portal 29 Grapes Reserve Porto Quinta Do Portal has been producing Port wine in the Pinhão valley for more than 100 years, but it has been in the Douro at least since 1477, when the King D. Afonso V grants a portion of land (Comenda de Oliveira) to the noble D. Afonso de Mansilha. Later in 1756, Frei João de Mansilha played a very important role in the demarcation of the Douro and its implementation. The Portal 29 Grapes is a field blend from old Port vineyards where you can find a large number of different grape varieties. It’s a reserve Port that results of a selection of the finest ruby lots carefully aged in the cellars between 4 and 5 years. For more info, visit Quinta do Portal website. VARIETALS Traditional red varieties from Douro Valley VINTAGE NV Download Tasting Note