Rochester, NY Spring Portfolio Tasting

TABLE 8 WINEBOW IMPORTS | HERITAGE

San Giorgio Brunello di Montalcino | 2017 | SRP: $65 Italy, Tuscany 30289142 6pk $200 IR, $260 WAS

100% Sangiovese Gorsso. Aged in 50-70 HL Slavonian oak barrels for 42 months aged 12 months in the bottle. The San Giorgio estate vineyards are essentially a continuation of the coveted Poggio di Sotto site in Castelnuovo dell'Abate. The name “Ugolforte” comes from a well-known bandit which during the XII century has lead the rebellion of Montalcino’s people against the power of Siena. 90 WE, 92 RP, 92 V Valle Reale Montepulciano | 2022 | SRP: $18 Italy, Abruzzo 30313073 12pk $160, $144/2, $136/3 The certified 100% organic Montepulciano grapes that produce this wine are sourced from two separate vineyards: Popoli and Capestrano. Aged in stainless steal 90 JS

Zenato Ripassa di Valpolicella | 2019 | SRP: $30 Italy, Veneto 30290323 12pk $272, $240/2

85% Corvina, 10% Rondinella, and 5% Oseleta. As soon as the dried grapes for the Amarone are fermented, selected batches of Valpolicella wine are “re-passed” over the Amarone lees, thus starting a second fermentation that slightly increases the alcohol content and gives the wine deeper color and more complex aromas. Ripassa is refined in tank for six months and then aged in French allier tonneaux for eighteen months. The wine spends an additional six months in bottle before it is released. 91V, 93 JS

Nicosa Cerasuolo di Vittoria | 2020 | SRP: $23.99 Italy, Sicily 30293169 12pk $200, $192/2

60% nero d'avola; 40% frappato aged for 6 months in stainless steal and tonneaux. Founded in 1898 by the Nicosia family. Cantine Nicosia has obtained several organic certifications and are also part of VIVA for sustainability. In total Nicosia has achieved 10 different certifications, including but not limited to: organic, carbon neutral, vegan and energy efficient. 92 JS

Morgante Nero d'Avola | 2021 | SRP: $18.99 Italy, Sicily 30312957 12pk $160, $152/2, $144/3 100% Nero D'Avola aged in for 4 months in French Barrique. Founded by the Morgante family in 1994, 500 acres devoted to Nero D'Avola loacted 1200-1800 FASL in Southern Sicily.

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