Sambuca is an old Italian favourite, traditionally served flaming with three coffee beans floating on top. In the past few years its popularity has grown out of Italian restaurants to become the shooter of choice in style bars & clubs around the country. Now Antica have updated the classic liquorice lovers liquor to bring out three spectacular new flavours
- Vanilla, Coffee & Raspberry. Developed in the Sambuca heartland north of Venice, the flavours have been delicately blended using natural ingredients to enhance the natural anisette taste. The results are richly flavoured sensations which work perfectly as a shooter or base for cocktails.
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Rich & concentrated with notes of blackcurrant, plum & black cherry. Toasty oak picks up hints of mocha & espresso. Well balanced, with a touch of mineral & rich concentrated fruit flavours. ...

A medium-bodied wine, rich & flavorful with prominent pear & white peach notes with additional spice notes on the palate. Its texture is creamy yet crisp, with the acid allowing the wine to have focus & gusto & the purity of the fruit to shine. ...

Round, succulent & deeply expressive, this is a classic Napa Valley blend. Sweet dark cherries, tobacco & mocha all open up nicely in the glass. The Cabernet Franc provides restraint & sweet, firm tannins, while the Malbec offers floral & savoury notes that add lift to the persistent finish. ...

Sambuca is an old Italian favourite, traditionally served flaming with three coffee beans floating on top. In the past few years its popularity has grown out of Italian restaurants to become the shooter of choice in style bars & clubs around the country. Now Antica have updated the classic liquorice lovers liquor to bring out three spectacular new flavours
- Vanilla, Coffee & Raspberry. Developed in the Sambuca heartland north of Venice, the flavours have been delicately blended using natural ingredients to enhance the natural anisette taste. The results are richly flavoured sensations which work perfectly as a shooter or base for cocktails.
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Sambuca is an old Italian favourite, traditionally served flaming with three coffee beans floating on top. In the past few years its popularity has grown out of Italian restaurants to become the shooter of choice in style bars & clubs around the country. Now Antica have updated the classic liquorice lovers liquor to bring out three spectacular new flavours
- Vanilla, Coffee & Raspberry. Developed in the Sambuca heartland north of Venice, the flavours have been delicately blended using natural ingredients to enhance the natural anisette taste. The results are richly flavoured sensations which work perfectly as a shooter or base for cocktails.
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The colour is pale straw yellow with a nose of fruity of apples & pears. This is a crisp fruity wine with a slight mineral finish. Soft & round in the mouth with a slight mineral lingering aftertaste. The grapes are pressed & left with the skins to macerate for about 6 hours after which the skins are separated from the juice & selected yeasts are added. Fermentation is carried out in temperature controlled stainless steel vats at around 14 to 16 Deg C. for a period of 8 to 10 days. The wine is then stored a few months in stainless steel before being bottled. ...

The 2015 Badia a Passignano shows an intense ruby red colour. The nose expresses notes of ripe red fruit & intense hints of berry fruit & cherries under spirits along with the spicy & balsamic sensations. The wine is ample & enveloping on the palate with supple & velvety tannins; the freshness is excellent as well, as are the finesse & the length on the finish & aftertaste. ...

Limited stock. Vineyard The 325-hectare Badia a Passignano estate surrounds a fortified abbey near Sambuca Val di Pesa, three kilometres south of Tenuta Tignanello. Fifty hectares of limestone-based land are currently planted with Sangiovese vines, from which only the best bunches were selected. Winery This wine was made in the monastery cellars in the abbey at the heart of the property. The grapes were destemmed, lightly crushed, & transfered to tank for fermentation, with pumping over & delestage used for extraction. There was a further two weeks' skin contact following alcoholic fermentation, after which the wine was moved to Hungarian & French oak barriques for malolactic fermentation & fourteen months' ageing. Taste The nose offers a wide range of fruity aromas as well as hints of liquorice & ripe blackberries. The complex, elegant palate shows plenty of fruit alongside savoury flavours, finishing long & vibrant. ...

Fragrant & expressive on the nose, with fruity & floral notes which recall apples & white peaches. The palate offers a creamy mousse & lively, fresh flavours with a fine balance & perceptible finesse. With hors-d'oeuvres, as an aperitif, & with fish. Its vibrant crispiness makes it a perfect wine as an after dinner drink as well. ...