Imported and dispensed in the community through Wide Roots.
Famille Lafage Miraflors Rosé 2022
Côtes Catalanes, France, $22
This subtle rosé of grenache gris, grenache noir and mourvèdre hails from southwestern France, in the Roussillon area, close to the Pyrenees. This is what rosé will have to be: Pale purple translucent as gossamer, floral and saline, refreshing as an early autumn breeze. ABV: 12.5 p.c. BW: 645 grams (Average).
Imported through European Cellars. Distributed in the community through Winebow.
Cartuxa Évora Branco 2021
Portugal’s Alentejo area is highest identified for inexpensive worth wines, however it could actually climb the wow ladder when it needs to. The Cartuxa wines, together with a deep, savory Tinto (red), exhibit Alentejo’s skill to supply atypical wines whilst keeping up just right worth for the value. (Though the extravagant bottle perhaps provides further price with out contributing worth.) The vineyard takes its title from a Carthusian monastery courting to the past due sixteenth century, the place clergymen lived a vow of silence. They could have been considering wines like those. The Branco is a mix of antão vaz, arinto and roupeiro grape types fermented and elderly with out oak. The result’s a mineral-driven wine with flavors of white vegetation, citrus and quince and a fancy end that lasts goodbye your meals might get chilly ready so that you can take the subsequent chew. This belongs amongst the best tier of the global’s white wines at this value degree. ABV: 13 p.c. BW: 700 grams (Heavy).
Imported through Tri-Vin Imports. Distributed in the community through DMV Distributing.
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