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Murgas Bucelas 2018 bottle

Murgas Bucelas 2018

PortugalLisboa VRBucelas DOC 12.5% ABV

12.5% ABV

Murgas Bucelas highlights Arinto, one of Portugal'a oldest and most historic grape varieties. In the village of Frexial, twenty kilometers north of Lisbon, the Franca family farms old-vine Arinto organically from rocky calcereous marls known as 'caeiras'. Fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tank (80%) and third-pass 350L Frech oak, its elevage likewise continues until bottling, resulting in a wine of great vitality and sapidity, its notes of grilled white peach and beeswax marked by the vibrant minerality for which Bucelas is renowned. Its lively character makes it a refreshing complement to all manner of fish and seafood, chicken and pork. It can be enjoyed now through 2035. Full details

Murgas Bucelas 2018 label
Az. Ag. Guccione 'NM' 2018 bottle

Az. Ag. Guccione 'NM' 2018

ItalySicily 13.5% ABV

13.5% ABV

Produced from a single-hectare plot of Nerello Mascalese grown at high altitude on the region's famed terre brune soils, this wine was fermented with native yeasts and aged in stainless steel for two years prior to bottling. It received an additional three years of bottle aging prior to release. Elegant and savory, it gives compelling new expression to Sicily’s most celebrated red grape, with notes of black cherry, raspberry, sweet earth and spices, underscored by a haunting mineral savor. Enjoy thru 2040. Full details

Az. Ag. Guccione 'NM' 2018 label
Az. Ag. Guccione 'P' 2018 bottle

Az. Ag. Guccione 'P' 2018

ItalySicily 12.5% ABV

12.5% ABV

This wine is produced from a single-hectare plot of Perricone, one of Italy's rarest grape varieties, found only in limited quantities in northwestern Italy, from Palermo to Marsala. Aromatic, elegant and exuberant, with notes of black currant, blood orange, violet and sage, it was fermented with native yeasts and aged for two years prior to bottling. It received an additional three years of bottle aging prior to release. A benchmark expression, this wine confirms Guccione as one of Perricone’s foremost interpreters and champions of Perricone and can be enjoy thru 2040. Full details

Az. Ag. Guccione 'P' 2018 label