An intense straw yellow colour with light greenish tones. A delicate bouquet which is crispy fresh, persistent with hints of white fruits. Gentle mineral notes, lightly aromatic. ...

Intense ruby red turning to garnet with ageing. The bouquet is spicy with hints of cherry, black cherry & plum compote. A fine palate, velvety, persistent, with soft tannins at the end. The soil for this wine vary considerably, adding to the complexity of the wine. Brown & red soil on silts, loam rocks formed from the Cretaceous period, compact red soil on basalt & compact red soil on Eocene limestone. Each valley gives different qualities to the wine, although there is always a high calcareous concentration, with lots of big stones in the first half metre of the ground. Ripe & healthy grapes are selected at the time of the hand picking. The thinnest bunches are chosen, with the berries not too close one to another, so that the air can circulate. The grapes are laid out in large perforated plastic boxes, to ensure excellent ventilation. The boxes are stacked in the fruttaio, a large airy room & the grapes are periodically monitored so that the Appassimento (drying harvested grapes) process takes place. A selection of the grapes are slightly wilted before the soft pressing. The wine is then aged partly in steel tanks & partly in Tonneaux. Recommended with pasta, white & red meats, fresh & aged cheeses. ...

Intense ruby red turning to garnet with ageing. The bouquet is spicy with hints of cherry, black cherry & plum compote. Fine & velvety palate, persistent, with soft tannins at the end. ...

Intense ruby red turning to garnet with ageing. The bouquet is spicy with hints of cherry, black cherry & plum compote. Fine & velvety palate, persistent, with soft tannins at the end. ...

Intense straw yellow with greenish reflections. Delicate with floral notes & hints of citrus fruits & yellow flesh fruits. Fresh, mineral & very well structured & well balanced. ...

Elegant, delicate, & aromatic Prosecco with hints of apples & honeysuckle. Very easy to enjoy! Excellent as an aperitif, perfect with appetisers, but also an ideal accompaniment for the entire meal, particularly with fish courses. Vines are planted at 3, 500 to 4, 000 root-stocks per hectare & the crop growing technique is typical for this area (with simple or double espalier). Only traditional pruning is used & the annual yield is about 100 tons of grapes. Harvest is handmade &, in order to avoid any skin or acetic fermentation, the grapes are immediately carried to the vinification cellar during the first hours of the day. De-stalking & soft pressing at controlled temperature are the next two steps, where the must is kept in small stainless steel tanks until fermentation is completed. Fermentation is partially interrupted trough the cold-process, & the wine obtained is then transferred into small stainless steel tanks under nitrogen. Around 4 months after vinification, re-fermentation might be made to occur following the typical procedure used for spumante (in autoclaves that keep up to 12 atmospheres of pressure). ...

Typical light copper colour. A fine & elegant nose, well supported by fruity & flowery notes, fresh, mineral & well balanced, with a persistent fruity aftertaste. ...

Ripasso wines benefit from extra structure & fruit delivered by using the skins of sun-dried grapes. This wine is bursting with cherries on the nose, has a great depth of flavour, silky smooth fruit & a long, rich velvety finish. ...

Ripasso wines benefit from extra structure & fruit delivered by using the skins of sun-dried grapes. This wine is bursting with cherries on the nose, has a great depth of flavour, silky smooth fruit & a long, rich velvety finish. ...

Macallans unfaltering obsession with selecting the finest casks & distilling sublime spirit brings an unsurpassed, timeless quality to The Macallan. Distilled at their distillery in Speyside, this legendary Single malt is carefully matured for a minimum of 10 years. The unique combination of Bourbon & Sherry oak casks produces a particularly smooth, delicate & light whisky. Colour of pale s & on the nose is complex, with hints of fruit & heather honey. On the palate it is soft, with a maltiness, balanced with oak & fruit with a lingering finish with hints of oak & fruit. Dave Broom tasting notes, Issue 42, Whisky Magazine
- Best neat. Clean crisp attack. 8/10!
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