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NOVEMBER 21 VINTAGES

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TWO NEW VINTAGES ITALIAN HIGHLIGHTS
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BANFI LA PETTEGOLA VERMENTINO 2025
#477927 $22.95 *** 90-points - A BEST BUY
Dry, Fresh, Bright, Ripe, Peach-Citrus
Vermentino is one of Tuscany's greatest hidden white wine treasures. This fresh vibrant 2025 is a November 7 Vintages highlight. A blend of 88% Vermentino and 12% Sauvignon Blanc, it has a light straw colour and an attractive, fresh, bright, white-peach and yellow-grapefruit nose with some floral minerally notes. Dry, medium bodied, harmonious, nicely textured, fresh, ripe, peach-citrus flavours with a lingering, vibrant, faintly saline-tinged finish. Lovely now, it is riper and is better than some recently-tasted higher-priced releases. It has 12.5% alcohol, 3 g/L residual sugar and 6 g/L total acidity with lot number L26026 on the capsule. This versatile, ready-to-drink, crowd-pleaser works perfectly with seafood, chicken and vegetarian dishes.

BRAMÌTO DELLA SALA CHARDONNAY 2024
#176792 $34.95 *** 93-points - A BEST BUY
Ripe, Complex, Lemon-Apple Meringue
This brand new shipment of the April 25th release is showing beautifully now. It has a very bright light yellow colour with a gently complex, ripe, lemon-melon-apple-pear nose with faintly spicy, toasty notes. Dry, medium-plus bodied, nicely textured, rich, lemon-apple meringue flavours with a lingering, gently minerally, harmonious, complex finish. Perfectly approachable now, this blend of non-malolactic stainless steel fermented Chardonnay with richer oak-fermented malolactic batches has 12.5% alcohol and 1.7 g/L residual sugar. The new lot number L6025 only appears on the case.

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