Three famous Italian grape varieties in a gold gift box at an unbeatable price. What more could you want from a gift? Inside you'll find Sangiovese, the starting point of so many amazing Italian wines, and two staff favourites here, Primitivo from Puglia and a Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. Open and enjoy!
1 x Tenute del Pojo Sangiovese
The Sangiovese is a garnet-red pleasure wine of the typical Italian grape variety with light wood appeal and gentle tannins. Pleasant fragrances of ripe cherries, good body, soft and round taste.
1 x Di Camillo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
This Montelpuciano is a fruit driven flagship wine from the estate. Delicious pure fruit flavours of black cherries and brambles with an interesting peppery touch. Medium-bodied, dry style, drinking very well now. A great food wine.
1 x Rocca Antica Primitivo
From the heel of Italy, Puglia, this is a deep ruby red wine with pronounced aromas of stewed prunes and cherries. Dry with smooth tannin structure and big weight of ripe plummy fruit - black cherries and 'Christmas cake' flavours. Lovely length and balance with a flavour that lingers long on the palate.
Country: Spain Region: Rioja Alavesa
Varietal: 90% Tempranillo, 5% Garnacha, 5% indigenous varieties
Category: Red Wine Style: Dry
Producer: Bodegas Baigorri
Description: Bodegas BAIGORRI was designed and built by the architect Iñaki Aspiazu. The project responds to the peculiar way the wines is made and is a benchmark for architecture that respects its natural environment. The building is adapted to the pre-existing topography and all its underground facilities have been harmoniously designed. A place where you can overview how the whole winemaking process takes place. The whole process is done by gravity, in a vertical process, to preserve the integrity of the grapes as much as possible, so they reach the fermentation intact. All the movement of the grapes and wine is done using gravity, with no kind of mechanical lifting. There is no hopper at reception and no pumping for moving the grapes or for pumping over in the vats which could damage them, all the way from the sorting tables to bottling the wine, via all the underground floors in the winery, thereby optimising all the phases of the process. The name MENDI comes from the old Basque language and means mountain. It refers to the imposing Sierra Cantabria mountains that protect Bodegas Balgorris' vineyards from the cold, humid air coming from the Bay of Biscay to the north. These mountains are one of the main geographical features that create the microclimate of Rioja that has allowed the population of this region to cultivate grapes for thousands of years.
The Mendi is a Rioja as it should be, only from the best winery like Baigorri. Just a little more elegant
Tasting Notes:A beautiful wine that boasts a deep cherry red colour, scent of ripe dark berries such as prunes, plums with hints of spice. Rich wine, ripe tannins, high but elegant acidity. Flavours of cherries, licorice, blue plums and cinnamon. Long full-bodied and juicy length.