{"title":"Wine Club Discounted items","description":"Wine Club members receive 10% discount on all full bottle prices (discount shown in basket)","products":[{"product_id":"santagnese-spirto","title":"Sant'Agnese. Merlot 'Spirto'","description":"\u003cp\u003eToscana IGT\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Merlot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRipe, big rounded fruit; expressive with youthful strawberry and damson fruit. A great wine that, very definitely needs food. The 2008 has an extra dimension with a certain darkness and spice, the tannins are ripe and rounded, firm, not intrusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sant'Agnese, Piombino producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/agnese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSant'Agnese producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaolo’s approached to wine tasting is different, to everybody. When we first met, he offered the 2003 Spirto, giving no indication as to what it might be, the labels are certainly no help. The wine was fresh and rich, lovely balance, very grown-up and he really didn’t want to tell me what it was. Do you like it? How do you feel about this wine? These are the questions he felt were important, the grape variety is not important, the quality of fruit that the vine can produce on that particular patch of land is crucial.  He also gives little weight to the vintage, the question was, how is the wine? The wine I very first tasted, 2003, was a very hot vintage and did not give this away, so something works pretty impressively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vineyard is between 25 and 75 meters above sea level, planted in the curve of the hill that catches the sea breezes from the Arcipelaga Toscana. The land is a mixture of clays and small stones, a typical Tuscan galestro. The vines were planted in 1999 at a density of 5500 plants per hectare which yield around four tons of fruit per hectare. The harvest is by hand by the family with a little outside help, the grapes are crushed before being fermented in open barrels of varying sizes (mostly tonneaux). \u003cbr\u003eAfter fermentation the wine is transferred to a temperature-controlled vat for a ‘post-fermentation soak’ before a 2 year ageing in French (Allier) tonneaux and barrique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2007 Spirto was from a hot vintage and the fruit had a wonderful intensity. The tannins had real grip, firm not obtrusive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2008 \/ 75cl","offer_id":17128327250031,"sku":"IRT148B08L501","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2008 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":31268822188167,"sku":"IRT148C6L501","price":215.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2008 \/ 150cl","offer_id":17128327282799,"sku":"IRT148M08Lbc","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Sant-Agnese-Merlot-Spirto.jpg?v=1757673303"},{"product_id":"santagnese-cabernet-sauvignon-i-fiori-blu","title":"Sant'Agnese. Cabernet Sauvignon 'I Fiori Blu'","description":"\u003cp\u003eToscana IGT\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Cabernet Sauvignon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great cabernet by any standard. Cassis and flattering vanilla with silky espresso and aged balsamic running through what is a remarkably fresh and elegant wine. Vibrant blackcurrant and mineral, immediate and remarkable. 14.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/agnese\" title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle producer page for Sant Agnese in Piombino Tuscany\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSant'Agnese Producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vineyard is between 25 and 75 meters above sea level, planted in the curve of the hill on a mixture of clays and small stones, a typical Tuscan galestro. The vines were planted in 1999 at a density of 5500 plants per hectare which yield around four tons of fruit per hectare.\u003cbr\u003eFermentation is in open steel and concrete tanks with regular punching down of the cap. The temperature is held at around 25° and lasts around ten days. The wine is allowed to settle before being transferred to either allier barrique for two years, or half barrique (112 litres) for sixteen to eighteen months. The wine is totally untainted and only the smallest dose of sulphur is added before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards: 208: Veronelli 2013 96 points\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2010 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56644981424514,"sku":"IRT138B10L304","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2010 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":56669987799426,"sku":"IRT138C10L304","price":313.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Sant-Agnese-I-Fiori-Blu-Cabernet-Sauvignon-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1779724645"},{"product_id":"santagnese-sangiovese-libatio","title":"Sant'Agnese. 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His vines are guyot trained and planted on the flatter part of the farm with deeper clays at a density of 5500 vines per hectare. The grapes are hand-picked in the second week of September. The pressed must macerates for three days at 5°C prior to fermentation in concrete tanks, between 17-19°C. The wine is aged in tank over the winter, and clarified in the spring with bentonite, then filtered and bottled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2025 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56644965171586,"sku":"IWT011B25L614","price":19.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Sant-Agnese-Vermentino-Kalendamaia.jpg?v=1686597878"},{"product_id":"santagnese-vermentino-letrange","title":"Sant'Agnese. 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An immense, full dry white; one of the most unusual, unwooded wines I have tasted. 14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/agnese\" title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle producer page for Sant Agnese in Piombino Tuscany\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/agnese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSant'Agnese Producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVermentino is a grape that is fast becoming the darling of Coastal Tuscany thanks to its relative immunity to heat and ability to produce fresh, characterful white wines, sometimes against all the odds.  Paolo has opted for two very particular Corsican clones which he feels gives a broader and more interesting spectrum of flavours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Vermentino is guyot trained, planted at a density of 5000 vines per hectare on the flat land, where the soils are stony, with deeper clays.  The vendemmia* is by hand, starting in October at the crack of dawn.  The grapes are chilled down to 3°C on arrival at the winery, pressed and fermented (wild yeasts) with no temperature control.  Whole individual berries are added and together macerated for 28 months. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":17128329904239,"sku":"IWT015B20L705","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":44102180208870,"sku":"IWT015C6L705","price":153.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Sant-Agnese-l-Etrange-skin-contact-Vermentino.jpg?v=1711209243"},{"product_id":"ascheri-barolo-sorano","title":"Ascheri. 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Barolo, Nebbiolo, Gavi, Syrah, Viogionier\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/ascheri\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatteo Ascheri producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSerralunga is the most easterly of the Barolo villages where ancient, mean Serravallian soils* force roots down deep, making for more tannic and fuller bodied Barolo.  Matteo has chosen to make this wine only in the best years: in lesser vintages the wine lends a hand to the Ascheri Barolo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2019 was a hot vintage, coming after an unusually tropical 2018, which had left good reserves of water so, there was no real problems with stress, the vines were very healthy, and the grapes were in excellent condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bunches were destemmed and sorted before a temperature-controlled fermentation that lasted two weeks.  60% of the wine then went through a traditional 25 day submerged cap* maceration.  The wine was then aged in steel for 6 months followed by 28 months in botti (Slavonian oak). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18046436081775,"sku":"IRP223B19L401","price":66.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ascheri-Barolo-Sorano-2019-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1712396334"},{"product_id":"ascheri-montalupa-viognier","title":"Ascheri. 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Barolo, Nebbiolo, Gavi, Syrah, Viogionier\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatteo Ascheri, Piemonte producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatteo makes a very pure Viognier, one that has evolved with assurance since it was first released in 1997.  It is a wine that is genuinely only made in the best vintages, the Arneis benefits from lesser years.  The fruit is almost exclusively from Montalupa, a single terraced vineyard just outside Bra.  This is supplemented by a tiny North-facing slope on the clays of Serralunga where the vines ripen more slowly, so the grapes have more acidity: this balances the ripeness that the sand and limestone of Montalupa give the Viognier.  The use of oak changes each year, the objective is to make the best wine possible, not to ape a set style.\u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked, the bunches are transported in small crates to the winery where they are crushed.  75% are fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks using selected yeasts, the balance is fermented in small, used, French-oak barrels.  The assembled wine is aged in steel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18046436573295,"sku":"IWP040B20L407","price":45.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Matteo-Ascheri-Montalupa-Bianco-Viognier-2020-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1720704007"},{"product_id":"baccharetto-terre-a-mano-carmignano","title":"Terre a Mano. 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Rossella Bencini Tesi producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wooded hills of Carmignano were once the playground of the Medici who registered these wines in 1716, making this one of the oldest appellations in the world.  Unusually, the DOCG insists that the local Sangiovese is joined by some Cabernet, an innovation introduced by family member, Queen of France, Catherine de Medici.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnusually the local Sangiovese is joined by some Cabernet Sauvignon, an innovation inspired by Catherine de Medici. This vineyard is surrounded by woodland, a perfect oasis for biodynamically farmed vines, planted at an unfashionable low density of around 2700 vines per hectare. The 7 hectare vineyard was planted in 1970, 2000 and 2011 on marly, schist rich clays on sandstone bedrock. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2021 was a small vintage thanks to severe frosts, fortunately followed by a dry summer.  Warm days and cool nights meant lovely aromatics, a healthy ripeness with good balance.  The bunches were de-stemmed, and both macerated and fermented in a mix of cement tanks and open tubs, using just indigenous yeasts*.  The wine was then decanted into tonneaux* arranged by plot (cru) where it aged for about 2 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43997956866278,"sku":"IRT126B20L308","price":35.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55169557791106,"sku":"IRT126C6L308","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55719088587138,"sku":"IRT126B21L710","price":36.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2021 \/ 150cl","offer_id":55719091077506,"sku":"IRT126M21L201","price":82.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Rossella-Bencini-Terre-a-Mano-Carmignano-2020-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1736347522"},{"product_id":"bacchereto-terre-a-mano-sassocarlo","title":"Terre a Mano. 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Rossella Bencini Tesi \u003cbr\u003eToscana IGT\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Trebbiano di Toscana (80%), Malvasia del Chianti (20%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018 A full, dry white with pure detailed fruit; hay, melon and apricot aromas; to taste, a touch of caramel, ripe lemon, thyme and nettle flavours in the fore.  A magnificent wine, totally lacking in ‘natural’ flavours and none the worse for that.\u003cbr\u003eThe 2018 was a small harvest, the quality was quite exceptional.  14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2019 was a very hot, dry vintage; the resulting wine is magnificent and slightly unusual: typical mouth-filling tangerine and lemon is joined by greengage fruit, less hay than other years and more mint, ripe herb and honey.  13%\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eProduction: 3500 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bacchereto\" title=\"Fattoria di Bacheretto, Rossella Bencini, Terre a Mano producer page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFattoria di Bacchereto da M. 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Amarone, Valpolicella\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCa' la Bionda producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA simple wine of perfect proportions, the little black dress of red wines.  The vines are grown on fossil-rich, calcareous-loams with an east to southeast exposure, a high-trained Pergola Veronese* system; an ancient system that is proving well suited to these days of climate change.  The vines are between 25 and 80 years old, there are wells on the property to help sustain the vines in periods of extreme drought, fortunately for 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked in the early hours before a spontaneous fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks (maximum of 25˚C) lasting 7 days, after which the wine is racked off* the skins and aged for a further 5 months in steel.  The wine is given a light filtration before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2024 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55369917694338,"sku":"IRV006B24L208","price":19.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2024 \/ 6 bottle","offer_id":55961633096066,"sku":"IRV006C24L208","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ca-la-Bionda-Valpolicella-Classico-2024-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1754902846"},{"product_id":"bionda-valpolicella-superiore-ripasso-malavoglia","title":"Ca la Bionda. Valpolicella Ripasso 'Malavoglia'","description":"\u003cp\u003eValpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Corvina (70%), Corvinone (20%), Rondinella (10%) and some Molinara and other indigenous varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmoke and damson, full and fine muscular fruit shot through with black pepper, espresso and clove, a totally delicious sour black cherry finish. 14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bionda\" title=\"Link to Ca' la Bionda producer page. Artisan organic Amarone, Ripasso and Valpolicella\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCa' la Bionda producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalavoglia, an unusual name for an unusual wine. It means 'I didn't want to do it' or ‘I didn't want to make it’ and he didn’t, because Alessandro doesn't really like Ripasso; he is unhappy with the idea of putting a Valpolicella onto the skins of Amarone, a process that changes the character of the wine and, in his eyes, makes it more of a cook’s wine than a wine of the land. Fortunately for us, his Norwegian importer appealed to his more pragmatic side by making him an offer that he couldn't refuse. \u003cbr\u003eThis ripasso is made to his Grandfathers' recipe where rather than just resting the young wine on the skins of an Amarone, it goes onto the skins of the Recioto as well as those of the Cru Amarone ‘Ravazzol’. This means that no extra sugars are required to restart the fermentation and the resulting wine is well balanced and characterful. The finished wine is aged for twelve months in three thousand litre oak casks.\u003cbr\u003eThe wine relies on patience and gravity to achieve clarification and is bottled without filtration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55369922806146,"sku":"IRV007B21L108","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ca-La-Bionda-Valpolicella-Ripasso-Classico-Superiore-Malavoglia-2021-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1778855084"},{"product_id":"bionda-amarone","title":"Ca la Bionda. Amarone della Valpolicella Classico","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmarone Classico della Valpolicella DOCG \u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Corvina (70%), Corvinone (20%), Rondinella (10%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn epic vintage, powerful espresso and fig laced forest fruit.  An unusual line of purity, complexity and freshness.  An Amarone to drink. 16.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bionda\" title=\"link to Ca' la Bionda producer page. Merano della Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy. Amarone, Valpolicella\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCa' la Bionda producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmarone is the original ‘appassimento’, a system developed when full ripeness was unusual and by drying the grapes Valpolicella morphed into a full, smooth, irresistible red wine.  Today, nature is more generous and the only excuse to dry the fruit is to obtain the ‘appassimento’ flavours.  Amarone made from overly ripe fruit loses its freshness and tastes sweeter.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2015, Alessandro made the radical decision to pick the grapes for Amarone early, the skins were a little thicker (better for a healthy drying period), acidity (freshness) a little higher and sugar lower (this is fermented dry, and the alcohol is not lower).  Alessandro wanted to replicate a style he remembered and loved, it worked!  Hand-picked loose bunches, a shorter drying period on wooden trays before a low-temperature, winter fermentation.  3 years in botti*, then bottled unfiltered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55369927524738,"sku":"IRV008B18L639","price":49.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ca-la-Bionda-Amarone-Classico-2018-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1754988730"},{"product_id":"bionda-amarone-ravazzol","title":"Ca la Bionda. Amarone 'Ravazzol'","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Corvina, Corvinone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2019 was a great vintage, deep black forest fruit hot with cherry and fig, an unusual spicy character that really works in a wine of such huge intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bionda\" title=\"link to Ca' la Bionda producer page. Merano della Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy. Amarone, Valpolicella\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCa' la Bionda producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Corvina and Corvinone vines are between 30 and 70 years old and are planted on the steep terraces of Ravazzol, a historical site (or cru) above the winery. The wine is made from a selection of the best and loosest bunches, these are carried in shallow buckets to the drying room in the attic where they are laid out on wooden slatted crates. At the end of January the grapes are crushed and fermented, they will have lost 40% of their volume during the drying period and undergone a transformation that ensures the unique bouquet and concentration of flavours. After fermentation the wine is aged for 3 years in a new 3000 litre French oak barrel, the result is stratospheric and the production is just 3000 litres a year. \u003cbr\u003eFor my taste, this is a substitute for port and is perfect after a meal with almonds and dried figs. It is excellent with very strong dishes such as rib-eye with a reduction of balsamic. It has an enormous window in which to ‘be enjoyed’ because that is the nature of the wine – lovely in it youth and almost indestructible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2013 - 95 points. Decanter Tre Bicchieri, Rome 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChocolate orange, black cherry and lemon pie on the nose, the palate is extraordinary, intense and full, spicy, morello cherry, fig and date, laced with salty dark chocolate. 16%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2012-Rich black cherry and floral aromas, huge depth of damson and cherry fruit laced with fig, date and aged balsamic. Ripe powerful tannins, with remarkable floral characteristics and a lovely freshness for such a big wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree Red Glasses, Gambero Rosso\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e91 points Decanter 2012 \u003cbr\u003e18\/20 Jancis Robinson  2005\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55369930736002,"sku":"IRV009B19L402","price":59.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ca-la-Bionda-Amarone-Classico-Ravazzol-2019-imported_by_Bat_and_Bottle.jpg?v=1754903012"},{"product_id":"bionda-valpolicella-classico-superiore-casal-vegri","title":"Ca la Bionda. Valpolicella Classico Superiore 'Casal Vegri'","description":"\u003cp\u003eValpolicella Classico Superiore DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Corvina (70%), Corvinone (20%), Rondinella (10%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2022 was hot and dry, Alessandro and Nicola were concerned.  Fortunately, the results were considerably better than anyone expected, probably thanks to wells they drilled deep under their vineyard.  Red cherry and ripe forest fruit, layered with attractive spice, and warm, ripe tannins.  A beautifully balanced, rich and approachable style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"link to Ca' la Bionda producer page. Merano della Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy. Amarone, Valpolicella\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bionda\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCa' la Bionda producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasal Vegri is one of the original, ‘dedicated’ single-vineyard, Valpolicella wines.  The finest grapes from the Casal Vegri are used to make this wine, not Amarone.  It is from an east-facing slope, broken by ancient terraces.  The soils are rocky, clays on limestone.  The vines are more than 30 years old, Guyot trained and organically farmed.  \u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked, sorted and destemmed before a spontaneous, temperature-controlled fermentation in steel tanks.  Following fermentation, 90% of the wine is aged in botti (3000 litre barrels) and the balance in barrique, for 18 months.  The wine was bottled with a light filtration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2020 came after a run of hot summers: it’s a nostalgic, cool vintage where the vines had to work to fully ripen their fruit.\u0026amp;nbsp; Perhaps there is a little less colour, maybe a shade lighter, but it is just so pure, with immaculately silky tannins.\u0026amp;nbsp; A great vintage for this wine, all the constituent parts that make it so special are present and in perfect balance. 12.5%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e2016: 96 points Decanter (Italy 2019)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fine and richly textured Valpolicella, cherry and dark berry fruit with a touch of spice and dried herb on the nose. This has a lovely purity, silky tannins and immaculate balance.  13.5%\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e2015: Three Red Glasses (Gambero Rosso 2018)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55369920119170,"sku":"IRV119B22L410","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2022 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55962114654594,"sku":"IRV119C22L410","price":156.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ca-la-Bionda-Valpolicella-Classico-Superiore-Casal-Vegri-2022-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1760780773"},{"product_id":"bionda-recioto-della-valpolicella-classico-tordare","title":"Ca la Bionda. Recioto della Valpolicella Classico 'Tordare'","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecioto della Valpolicella Classico DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Corvina (70%), Rondinella (25%), Molinara (5%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFig, prune and damson, deep and supple, a remarkable, velvet, deep-red pudding wine. Stunning!   14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bionda\" title=\"link to Ca' la Bionda producer page. Merano della Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy. Amarone, Valpolicella\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCa' la Bionda producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the start of the drying process the box weighs 7kg, by the time they are ready it weighs 3.5kg. All of the bunches are dried by hanging. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2015 \/ 50cl","offer_id":42335542280422,"sku":"IYV026D15L634","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ca-la-Bionda-Recioto-della-Valpolicella-Le-Tordare-2015-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1755247939"},{"product_id":"brezza-barolo-cannubi","title":"Brezza. Barolo 'Cannubi'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo 'Cannubi' DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2016 - 96points Wine Enthusiast\u003cbr\u003eTre Stelle Veronelli\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/brezza\" title=\"Azienda Agricola Brezza producer page. Barolo, Piemonte. Barolo, Cannubi, Sarmassa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBrezza producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrezza own one and a quarter hectares of Cannubi, perhaps the most famous of all Barolo’s ‘cru’ vineyard sites. It is a very steep slope at two hundred and fifty metres above sea level and the majority faces east to southeast. The soils are silt and sand with just twenty-three percent of clay. The family first rented the land from the Church and had the opportunity to buy it in 2000 – the price then was six hundred thousand euros per hectare, today it would be two million.\u003cbr\u003eThe vines Nebbiolo Lampia and Michet and are thirty years old, planted using a traditional Guyot system with a meter between each vine and almost three metres between each row (3700 vines per hectare). The grapes are picked by hand in October and travel the short distance to the winery in small plastic boxes. The bunches are immediately de-stemmed and crushed before a seven-day fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks which never goes over twenty six degrees. The wine is macerated for two more weeks with regular pumping over and is than racked in lined cement tanks where it undergoes a malolactic conversion. The wine is then moved into large traditional Slavonian oak casks, where it remains for two years. It is bottled without filtration and each bottle is individually numbered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchive \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2012 - Enticing berry, violet and rose aromas, full supple fruit, fine ripe tannins beautifully laced through the wine, almost painfully fine. Remarkable purity, undoubtedly a forward vintage which I suspect has excellent potential to develop over the next fifteen years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eProduction: 9000 bottles.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2016 \/ 75cl","offer_id":37540106993849,"sku":"IRP301B16L501","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Brezza-Barolo-Cannubi-2016.jpg?v=1665916151"},{"product_id":"bulfon-piculit-neri","title":"Bulfon. Piculit Neri","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiculÌt Neri delle Venezie IGT\u003cbr\u003eGrape: PiculÌt Neri\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackcurrant and ripe plum on the nose; kirsch and cassis flavours with hints of raspberry, a nice intensity and power.  A classic and elegant wine. 13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bulfon\" title=\"link to the Bat and Bottle page for Producer, Emilio Bulfon who has restored medieval grapes to the Friuli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEmilio Bulfon p\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bulfon\" title=\"link to the Bat and Bottle page for Producer, Emilio Bulfon who has restored medieval grapes to the Friuli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eroducer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiculÌt Neri takes its name from the tiny bunches of grapes that it yields. It is only planted in a small area in the province of Pordenone. Many confuse it with PiculÌt of Eastern Friuli, but the two grapes are very different: PiculÌt is a white grape, usually dried prior to fermentation to make a sweet wine; this is a red grape used for dry red wines. I do wonder why so few producers have plantings of the vine as it has the potential to make these hills famous.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2008, maturation was moved from steel to botti (large oak casks which hold 4,000 litres) for 12 months prior to bottling and this, combined with the maturation of the principal vineyard above the Chapel in Pinzano has rendered fantastic results. Notably tannins have become more silky, reminiscent of a fine Burgundy, the flavours are less berry and more complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"HIDE2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":44926339186918,"sku":"IRF004B22L---","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55944908079490,"sku":"IRF004B23L114","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 6 bottle","offer_id":56501829337474,"sku":"IRF004C23L114","price":122.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Emilio-Bulfon-Piculit-Neri-2022-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1734514758"},{"product_id":"bulfon-piculit-neri-barrique","title":"Bulfon. Piculit Neri Black Label","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiculÌt Neri Tre Venezie IGT\u003cbr\u003eGrape: PiculÌt Neri\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDamson and wild forest fruit flavours: strawberry and black cherry.  There is a relaxed feel to this wine powerful, not overly concentrated, full flavoured, wonderfully original. 12.5%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link to Emilio Bulfon wine producer page Friuli Italy autoctoniouss indiginous vines\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bulfon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEmilio Bulfon, Friuli producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Black Label Piculìt Neri is a wonderfully rare wine, one that has evolved over the years.  We used to call it ‘Barrique’, but as it is no longer aged in barrique the name must change; the wine now ages for 2 years in a single, upright, 1hl Garbellotto barrel, made from French oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are from the ‘La Santissima’ vineyard in Pinzano, the soils here are a mix of sand, clay and silt and the vines were Guyot trained at a density of around 4000 vines per hectare.  The grapes were hand-picked in small crates, de-stemmed and fermented using selected yeasts in temperature-controlled ‘Ganimede’ steel tanks; skin contact for 10 days.  The wine was bottled in February 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55922468585858,"sku":"IRF076B22L710","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Emilio-Bulfon-Piculit-Neri-Black-Label-Riserva-2022-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1766506334"},{"product_id":"bulfon-cividin-blanc-di-sanzuan","title":"Bulfon. Cividin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTre Venezie IGT\u003cbr\u003eGrape:  \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cividin grape information page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/pages\/cividin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCividìn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSuper floral on the nose, hay, wildflowers and lime flowers.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCrisp, pure and intense pink grapefruit and quinine, a light textural hold that will loosen with time.  13%\u003cbr\u003e5800 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bulfon\" title=\"Link to Emilio Bulfons producer page Friuli Italy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEmilio Bulfon's producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCividin is an ancient, and extraordinarily rare white grape from the valleys of Cividale, it rarely appears as a mono-varietal wine (this may be the only example).  Cividin was known as a wine for celebrations, weddings especially, in the C17th.  Today there is faith being shown in the variety and ‘accidental plantings’ are now joined by experimental ones.\u003cbr\u003eThe vineyard is Guyot trained at a density of 4000 vines per hectare, the soils are clay with a high proportion of chalk.  The first commercial few rows of Cividin were planted in 1998, with the main planting being made on a northeast slope in 2008, and a southwest position in 2019.  The elevation starts at 201m. \u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked, pressed and fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks with natural selected yeast.  Intelligent, contemporary winemaking that expresses the nuance in this extraordinary, and extremely rare variety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":30103972577391,"sku":"IWF001B23L403","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55362599190914,"sku":"IWF001C23L403","price":114.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Emilio-Bulfon-Cividin-2023-once-Blanc-de-Sanzuan-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1717161565"},{"product_id":"bulfon-moscato-rosa","title":"Bulfon. Moscato Rosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrevenezia IGT \u003cbr\u003eGrape: Moscato Rosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmilio Bulfon developed his Moscato Rosa from a late harvest to a partially-dried grape wine ('appasimento'). This has intensified the flavours, it coats your taste buds in honeyed strawberry, rose and Turkish delight, an immaculate pudding wine. 13.5%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Emilio Bulfon small familly producer in Valeriano a village in the Friuli NorthEast Italy specialising in autoctonous vines recovery of ancient varieties\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/bulfon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEmilo Bulfon producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMoscato Rosa is said to come from Istria, the triangle of land mostly within Croatia, south of Trieste. From there, it has surfaced in the Sudtirol, Trentino and Friuli. \u003cbr\u003eMoscato Rosa wines are coloured from almost red to a pale-coloured ros̩e and nearly all the wines are from sweet to very sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2023 \/ 50cl","offer_id":18048668008559,"sku":"IYF015D23L702","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 3x50cl","offer_id":55906946679170,"sku":"IYF015C23L702","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Emilio-Bulfon-Moscato-Rosa-2023-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle_0770ec30-3139-4369-8ab8-951c64ba5d0d.jpg?v=1762018484"},{"product_id":"colognole-chianti-rufina","title":"Colognole. Chianti Rufina","description":"\u003cp\u003eChianti Rufina DOCG \u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Sangiovese and Canaiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDamson, spice and basil on the nose. Black cherry with fine ripe, elegant tannins that add a strand of leather and porcini, expanding into delicate rose and violet flavours. \u003cbr\u003eAn exceptional wine   14.5%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colognole\" title=\"Colognole, Rufina, Chianti, Tuscany, Toscana, Italy, Sangiovese, Canaiolo\"\u003eColognole producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChianti Rùfina is one of Tuscany’s notable wines, it is a small, high altitude zone, 30km northeast of Florence with just over 20 producers making wine, the largest by far is Frescobaldi. Colognole are in a superb position, their land is sheltered by Mount Giovi, the vineyards fall south, with views through the valley to Florence. The vineyards are surrounded by woodland which provides both biodiversity and protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe terroir is a slate like rock with negligible topsoils on the upper vineyards (650m), with galestro and white clays lower down (400m). It is great ‘dirt’ for vines, but it is the altitude that makes these wines unique, long sunny days and cold nights mean the grapes mature slowly and each berry holds its acidity and it is this balance of tannin, sugar and acidity that gives this wine such ageing potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the work in the vineyard is manual, the vines run up and down the slope and are planted using a Guyot system, there are 15 different clones of Sangiovese planted and the Canaiolo is an old biotype from the estate. The bunches are sorted and de-stemmed before being fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks. The wine is aged and goes through malolactic transformation in botti (large old barrels), this usually lasts 12 months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43738495582438,"sku":"IRT131B20L106","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Colognole-Chianti-Rufina-2020.jpg?v=1686501353"},{"product_id":"colognole-chianti-rufina-collezione","title":"Colognole. 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Bramaterra 'Cascina Cottignano'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBramaterra DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Nebbiolo 80%, Vespolina 10%, Croatina 10%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018 Enticing aromas of leather, fig and date, on the palate the tannins are silky, the fruit fine and floral, shot with violet, salt, orange peel and spice. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 There is an inviting openness to the 2020, dark cherry and plum, a touch of blood and salt, a great wine with life and character. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colombera-and-garella\" title=\"Colombera and Garella producer page.  Artisan, minimum intervention family farming in Bramaterra and Lessona in the Alto Piemonte\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColombera \u0026amp; Garella producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBramaterra is spread over a large area and encompasses many terroirs.  Cascina Cottignano faces southeast and has an unusually low PH (4.4-acidic) and the soils are a mix of red-brown sands over degraded volcanic rock.  The vineyard is farmed organically, it is all about doing less, better.  Cover crops are selected according to the needs of the land and natural fertilizers are used.  The newest plantings were in 2003, the old half was there when Carlo bought the farm in 1992 (some of the vines are over 100 years old).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked in the second week of October, the yields are a tiny 35 hl\/ha*.  Bunches are destemmed and crushed before being fermented without temperature control, using wild yeasts in concrete tanks.  The wine is aged for 2 years in botti grande* (6000 litre).  It is then blended and aged for a few months before being bottled without filtration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18233398427759,"sku":"IRP204B18L707","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":44324044767462,"sku":"IRP204B20L657","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Colombera-Garella-Bramaterra-Cascina-Cottignano-2018-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1721044964"},{"product_id":"colombera-garella-coste-della-sesia","title":"Colombera \u0026 Garella. Coste della Sesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoste della Sesia DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 was a vintage which gave both quantity and quality.  The fruit has a fine, pure clarity, mountain fresh with bitter black cherry fruit, a hint of mocha and fresh lemon.  12.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction: 20,000 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colombera-and-garella\" title=\"Colombera and Garella producer page.  Artisan, minimum intervention family farming in Bramaterra and Lessona in the Alto Piemonte\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColombera \u0026amp; Garella producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is aged in 2 parts: half in cement tanks and half in oak (used barrique and tonneaux).  After 2020 this wine will change with a part of the fruit used for Melascone, a wine born in the hardship of 2021 and Coste della Sesia Nebbiolo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18233398558831,"sku":"IRP215B20L710","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Colombera-Garella-Coste-della-Sesia-Cascina-Cottignano-2020-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1721047709"},{"product_id":"colombera-garella-lessona-pizzaguerra","title":"Colombera \u0026 Garella. Lessona 'Pizzaguerra'","description":"\u003cp\u003eLessona DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo and Vespolina (5%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA remarkable wine: fine and elegant tannins, blueberry, camomile and floral aromas; open, amazingly pure rose and red berry fruit. An absolute classic. 13%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Colombera and Garella producer page.  Artisan, minimum intervention family farming in Bramaterra and Lessona in the Alto Piemonte\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colombera-and-garella\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColombera \u0026amp; Garella producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLessona is one of the smallest DOCs in Piemonte, there are currently just nine producers. Around the village it is common to find maritime sands over volcanic bedrock. It is a unique terroir, and the soils have an unusually low PH. The Pizzaguerra site is at an altitude of 450m, the vines were planted in 2007 in a classic guyot system, yielding a perilously small 30hl\/ha.\u003cbr\u003eGrapes are handpicked by the family and one single employee (Bian). The bunches are de-stemmed and crushed before being fermented without temperature control, using wild yeasts in concrete tanks, with pumping over* and delestages*. The wine is aged for 2 years in 2nd and 3rd passage tonneaux*. The wine is then blended and aged for another few months in concrete tanks before being bottled without filtration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18233398591599,"sku":"IRP205B18L703","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Colombera-Garella-Lessona-Pizzaguerra-2018.jpg?v=1665843736"},{"product_id":"conte-emo-la-montecchia-carmenere-progetto-recupero","title":"Conte Emo Capodilista. 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La Montecchia Cabernet Franc 'Godimondo'","description":"\u003cp\u003eVeneto IGT\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Cabernet Franc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very impressive wine, gentle blueberry fruit, shot through with violet, fresh herb, mint and camomile. A subtle, light and complex wine. 12.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" title=\"Conte Emo Capodilista, La Montecchia, Colli Euganei winemaker page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/capodilista\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eConte Emo Capodilista producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heart of the Cabernet Franc vineyard was re-planted in 2003 and 2004, the new vines have already eclipsed the old in the quality of wines produced, and this is an excellent spot for the vine. \u003cbr\u003eIt ripens fully here and has all the minty fruit that cabfranc fans crave, with layers and bramble and cassis fruit and a lovely, almost citrus, freshness.\u003cbr\u003eUntil the 2010 vintage there were two Godimondo wines released, one was Carménère and the other Cabernet Franc, now Godimondo always refers to the latter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18234081247343,"sku":"IRV128B21L207","price":16.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55168530350466,"sku":"IRV128C21L207","price":93.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55292517220738,"sku":"IRV128B22L206","price":16.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Conte-Emo-Capodilista-Cabernet-Franc-Godimondo-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1745834345"},{"product_id":"conte-emo-capodilista-ireneo","title":"Conte Emo Capodilista. 'Ireneo'","description":"\u003cp\u003eColli Euganei Cabernet Sauvignon DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot 6%, Carmenere 4%\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery pure cassis, very old school, pepper and spice and the gentlest of measures. A complex and elegant wine, light on tannins. Warm and well rounded. 14.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/capodilista\" title=\"Conte Emo Capodilista, La Montecchia, Colli Euganei winemaker page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eConte Emo Capodilista producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrenèo means ‘peace’ in Greek and there is something serene and supremely confident about this wine.  Giordano bought the vineyard in the early 2000s, recognising that this terroir is superb for both Cabernet Sauvignon and Moscato Giallo, both varieties having been introduced by Venetian merchants centuries ago.  The soils are a mix of marl, basalt, and limestone, rich in minerals with water retention, a superb terroir.  Whilst not registered as organic, it is managed along ‘non-intervention’ lines, a pragmatic stance that follows the needs of the vines and the local environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked, sorted and fermented in steel tanks and aged in barrique for a year at La Montecchia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:\u003cbr\u003eGambero Rosso 'Three Glasses'\u003cbr\u003eL'Espresso 2009 'Star'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55292506210690,"sku":"IRV129B19L305","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Conte-Emo-Capodilista-Ireneo-Colli-Euganei-Cabernet-Sauvignon-2017.jpg?v=1699555838"},{"product_id":"conte-emo-la-montecchia-raboso-forzate","title":"Conte Emo Capodilista. 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The grapes are picked by hand then chilled to 0.5\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e°C \u003c\/span\u003ebefore being soft pressed. The must starts to ferment at 10\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e°C\u003c\/span\u003e until the correct atmospheric pressure is reached, it is then left to stand for 15 days at -2\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e°C\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name Fior d'Arancio comes from a gentle hint of citrus fruit, the hallmark of this yellow Moscato, which is typical of the volcanic soil in the Euganean Hills. 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La Montecchia Moscato 'Piuchebello'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBianco Veneto da Uve Aromatiche IGT \u003cbr\u003eGrape: Moscato\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFloral and mineral orange and grapefruit, finely textured with a little squeezed lime on the finish. 12%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Producer Conte Emo Capodilista Veneto\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/capodilista\"\u003eConte Emo Capodilista producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterally this means 'more than beautiful', it is perfectly named. \u003cbr\u003eAn aromatic dry white from Muscat that is very much in the vein of a top Alsatian dry Muscat. This is an incredibly rare style of wine for Italy and, usually in this corner of the Veneto, Moscato is used for 'Fior d'Arancio'. For my palate this is very close to the perfect aperitivo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":37549622198457,"sku":"IWV083B20L645","price":15.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":44102250037478,"sku":"IWV083C6L411","price":87.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Conte-Emo-Capodilista-La-Montecchia-Piuchebello-dry-muscat-Colli-Euganei-Veneto.jpg?v=1710166292"},{"product_id":"conte-emo-capodilista-passito-donna-daria","title":"Conte Emo Capodilista. Passito 'Donna Daria'","description":"\u003cp\u003eFior d'Arancio Passito DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Moscato\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToffee, caramel and honey, fresh balanced fruit with a Turkish delight spice. A sublime wine. 10.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/capodilista\" title=\"Producer Conte Emo Capodilista Veneto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eConte Emo Capodilista producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first ever Fior d'Arancio passito to be awarded the hallowed three glasses by Gambero Rosso.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 37.5cl","offer_id":55292538651010,"sku":"IYV029H20L407","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2019 \/ 37.5cl","offer_id":56913148313986,"sku":"IYV029H19L---","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Conte-Emo-Capodilista-Donna-Daria.jpg?v=1701717945"},{"product_id":"conte-emo-capodilista-passito-donna-daria-cuore","title":"Conte Emo Capodilista. Passito 'Donna Daria' Cuore","description":"\u003cp\u003eFior d'Arancio Passito DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Moscato\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary ten year solera of the free run juice of Donna Daria. A fantastic folly and, just like Giordano, this exquisite pudding wine is a complete one-off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProducer page: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/capodilista\" title=\"Producer Conte Emo Capodilista Veneto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eConte Emo Capodilista\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"NV \/ 37.5cl","offer_id":18234082525295,"sku":"IYV033HNVL703","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Conte-Emo-Capodilista-Cuore-di-Donna-Daria-2.png?v=1588083763"},{"product_id":"cosimi-brunello-di-montalcino-il-poggiolo","title":"Cosimi. Brunello di Montalcino 'Il Poggiolo'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrunello di Montalcino DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Sangiovese\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA deliciously deep, powerful red with fleshy plum and red cherry fruit carrying rose, dried mushroom, just touched with cinnamon and espresso.  A vibrant wine with a huge finish.\u003cbr\u003e14.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rodolfo Cosimi producer page. Podere il Poggiolo, Montalcino, Tuscany, Toscana, Italy, Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello, Sangiovese\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/poggiolo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elink to Rodolfo Cosimi producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Brunello is the farm’s passport, a wine whose style was developed by Rudi’s father and has evolved over time through improvements made in both the vineyard and the cellar. It is fermented in large open oak casks with a regular punching down of the cap. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vineyard is to the southwest of Montalcino, the soils here are pale clays, with stony marl and schist over limestone, generically known as ‘Galestro’. It is on the slope below the cellar, falling away with a southwest exposure.  The vines are Cordon trained at about 5000 vines per hectare, the youngest were planted in 2003. The grapes are hand-picked and carried the negligible distance in small grates to the cellar where they are destemmed and sorted before crushing and fermentation with selected yeasts in temperature controlled steel tanks for 3 weeks ,with regular punching of the cap.  The wine is aged in French oak botti for 2 years and bottled without filtration.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Domine',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Domine; mso-bidi-font-family: Domine; color: #404040; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchived notes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e2015.  6666 bottles produced. Strawberry, damson and rose, flint, tarragon, raw maple, lovely nose. An elemental wine, deep and nuanced with iron, earth and cedar embracing ripe dark blackberry and cherry fruit. A lovely texture with fine mature tannins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e2015 is, quite rightly, a very highly regarded, hot vintage. I was fortunate enough to be on the Decanter panel tasting for the 2015 vintage (113 wines) and have the choice of the tasting note written at Podere Il Poggiolo, or the one from the blind tasting in the Docklands...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A classic, natural feeling, pretty wine, delicate and nuanced.' 95 points (blind tasting at Decanter November 2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e2012 is a wine with enormous potential, this was a hot vintage and the tannins are big, remarkably they do not take over the wine and there is lovely bramble and cassis fruit, dark cherry and spice. 14%\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55723119739266,"sku":"IRT113B20L703","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Rudolfo-Cosimi-Il-Poggiolo-Brunello-di-Montalcino-2020-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1767447789"},{"product_id":"cosimi-brunello-di-montalcino-riserva-il-poggiolo","title":"Cosimi. 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Podere il Poggiolo, Montalcino, Tuscany, Toscana, Italy, Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello, Sangiovese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRodolfo Cosimi Il Poggiolo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Black Label’ Riserva is a rare and magnificent sighting. At Il Poggiolo the Annata Brunello comes first, a Riserva will only be made when a barrel or two of the best wine can be hived off with no detrimental effect. \u003cbr\u003eRegulations stipulate that a Riserva must be aged for another twelve months before release, the minimum period of two years in oak is the same for both Brunello and Brunello Riserva. In reality the wine benefits from a little extra time in oak thanks to the quality of the raw materials. Rudi’s Riserva spends 36 months in French oak (mainly tonneaux (500ltr) and some barrique (225ltr)).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are picked by hand and transported the short distance to the winery in shallow trays. Fermentation is in large, open oak casks with a regular punching down of the cap. The fermentation lasts around two weeks before being transferred for ageing and malolactic transformation.\u003cbr\u003eThis Brunello is fined with egg whites and bottled without filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2012 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55664030220674,"sku":"IRT204B12L654","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2013 \/ 75cl","offer_id":36507847327900,"sku":"IRT204B13L113","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Rudolfo-Cosimi-Il-Poggiolo-Brunello-di-Montalcino-Riserva-2013.jpg?v=1701452464"},{"product_id":"di-marzo-aglianico-irpinia-selezioni","title":"di Marzo. 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The tannins are mature and supple. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2019 was featured in the October 2025 Conspirators Wine Club case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Cantine di Marzo producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/di-marzo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantine di Marzo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe truth is that Ferrante loves Greco, he sees the Aglianico in Santa Lucia as a gate crasher, one that has been there for over 50 years, taking the perfect terroir away from his Greco di Tufo.  I suspect it is only a matter of time before this error will be corrected, it just depends how busy Ferrante is.  \u003cbr\u003eThe terroir is a mix of sulphur, clay and limestone prevalent in this area.  Trained using a cordon spur system at around 3000 vines per hectare, the vines are allowed twice the space of modern vineyards.  All the work in the vineyard is by hand and the harvest is towards the end of October.  The bunches are sorted before being crushed, fermentation is at a relatively high temperature and lasts 10 days, the aim is good colour and tempered tannins.  The wine is then matured in the barrique and tonneaux that once held Taurasi for 1 year, then a light filtration before bottling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":34515933790364,"sku":"IRC300B18L708","price":16.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43803543077094,"sku":"IRC300B19L409","price":17.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2019 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":56668679012738,"sku":"IRC300C19L409","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Cantine-di-Marzo-Aglianico-Irpinia-Annata.jpg?v=1706782597"},{"product_id":"di-marzo-greco-di-tufo","title":"di Marzo. 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Tufo, Campania\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/di-marzo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantine di Marzo producer page.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA magnificent original born in 1647 when, in a move to escape a plague sweeping through Naples, Ferrante’s descendants decamped to Tufo, travelling with their treasured Greco vines.  The effect of the sulphur-rich, volcanic soils on the vines was remarkable and an icon was born.  Like all classics, it has evolved as tastes, technologies and the climate have changed.  In this latest incarnation, winemaker Vincenzo Mercurio has fine-tuned the style and brought a new level of confidence to the wine.  The 2023 growing season will be scarred onto memory by a crippling attack of mildew that took half the crop, fortunately the surviving fruit turned out to be excellent. \u003cbr\u003eThe Greco was hand-picked in the middle of October, de-stemmed and gently pressed.  Fermentation is with selected yeasts, underground in small temperature-controlled steel tanks.  The wine remains on the lees for six months where it goes through a partial malolactic conversion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2025 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56647737246082,"sku":"IWC300B25L109","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2025 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":56668757983618,"sku":"IWC300C25L109","price":119.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Cantine-di-Marzo-Greco-di-Tufo-DOCG-annata-2023-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1756809585"},{"product_id":"di-marzo-greco-di-tufo-colle-serrone","title":"di Marzo. 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Campania, Italy\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/di-marzo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantine di Marzo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wine marks a coming of age for Cantine di Marzo, the family that, by some hint of good fortune created Greco has chosen to now demonstrate just how diverse and extraordinary their terroirs are.\u003cbr\u003eSerrone was the first Cru to be released. The vineyard is 8 hectares, half of which is planted with Aglianico. The vines were planted in 2005 and 2012, there is a small part ‘Toppola’ which was planted in 1982 and 1983. The altitude is 380m, the slope faces from south to southwest. The soils are rich in sulphur with generous clay and chalk in the topsoils. The Greco vines are Guyot trained at a density of 3000 plants per hectare which yield 70 hectolitres per hectare. Ferrante sees Serrone as ‘the hooligan’, immensely talented, but unpredictable in youth and brilliant if given time to mature.\u003cbr\u003eThe harvest is by hand in the middle of October with the pick of the crop selected for this single cru wine. The grapes are ‘gently’ pressed and the free run juice inoculated with local yeasts for a temperature-controlled fermentation in steel tanks. The wine remains on the lees for a month and goes through a partial malolactic conversion. Before bottling the wine is filtered, after bottling it is matured for at least a year in the underground cellars of the Cantina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55102843978114,"sku":"IWC301B22L305","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2022 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55169547993474,"sku":"IWC301C6L305","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Cantine-di-Marzo-Greco-di-Tufo-Riserva-DOCG-Vigna-Serrone-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1765886134"},{"product_id":"di-marzo-fiano-di-avellino-selezioni","title":"di Marzo. 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Fiano\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/di-marzo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantine di Marzo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1970 Fiano had all but disappeared.  Fortunately it wasn’t just Ferrante’s father, Filippo, who loved it and it hasn’t only survived, it is now promoted as one of Italy’s finest grapes.\u003cbr\u003eThis particular wine is a part of history: a part of the vineyard still uses ‘Reggiera’, an ancient system where the vines are planted in pairs, forming a high pergola with overlapping branches.  The more recent plantings are Guyot.  Overall, the vines are an average age of 20+.  The soils are a mixture of clay and sand, mostly on limestone. \u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are picked by hand in the middle of October.  The bunches are lightly pressed and fermented with inoculated yeasts in temperature-controlled steel tanks.  The wine remains on the fine lees* for 8 months, where it goes through a partial malolactic conversion*.  The wine is lightly filtered before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2025 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56647976812930,"sku":"IWC302B25L302","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2025 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":56668754411906,"sku":"IWC302C25L302","price":119.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Cantine-di-Marzo-Fiano-di-Avellino.jpg?v=1710674507"},{"product_id":"favaro-erbaluce-di-caluso-13-mesi","title":"Favaro. 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I suspect it will peak a little earlier than usual, it is quite exquisite now.  13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Bat and Bottle link to Favaro producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/favaro\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFavaro\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproducer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErbaluce is amongst Piemonte’s wonderful, rare treasures.  A grape variety gifted to humanity by Albaluce, daughter to the Sun and the Dawn, that now, can only be named in its homeland of Caluso.  This ensures exclusivity and rarity, not fame, which makes it quite irresistible.  We have a mild obsession with this variety and believe this to be the best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTredicimesi comes from Vigna Cavaina (1.7ha), a vineyard planted in 1992 and 2001 on morainic soils with a high proportion of stones and sand, using a traditional Trentino-style Pergola training system.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked and destemmed, cold-macerated for a day before a temperature-controlled fermentation using selected yeasts.  Two thirds of the wine is aged in concrete ‘eggs’ for 10 months, a third in used barriques for 13 months.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819076780262,"sku":"IWP012B22L301","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2022 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":53373939810690,"sku":null,"price":178.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55977378677122,"sku":"IWP012B23L709","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Favaro-Erbaluce-di-Caluso-Tredicimesi-2022.jpg?v=1729356479"},{"product_id":"favaro-erbaluce-di-caluso-le-chiusure","title":"Favaro. 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The vines are Guyot trained and grapes are picked by hand.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf of the Freisa is fermented conventionally, the other half utilises a whole grape technique. The two wines are then put together and aged in steel. Production: 750 bottles.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a true study on the variety by a winemaker who loves and believes in the grape. Camillo has kept the essential character of Freisa whilst achieving some degree of control and taming its more raucous characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":41311413731513,"sku":"IRP212B19L507","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819082383590,"sku":"IRP212B21L307","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 6 bottle","offer_id":55978750869890,"sku":"IRP212C21L307","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Benito-Favaro-Canavese-Rosso-Freisa-F2-2019.jpg?v=1700147492"},{"product_id":"favaro-nebbiolo-ros","title":"Favaro. Nebbiolo Canavese 'Ros'","description":"\u003cp\u003eNebbiolo Canavese DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamomile and fresh cut flowers on the nose, strawberry and damson. Perfectly formed tannins, red berry, delicate spice, smoke and elegant floral fruit, this is a classic.  14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/favaro\" title=\"Bat and Bottle link to Favaro producer page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFavaro\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproducer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t get too excited about this wine. The total annual production is just 300 bottles, though there are plans to increase this by a barrel or two when the new vineyard comes on stream in the future. \u003cbr\u003eFavaro’s Nebbiolo is planted at an altitude of 400m, the soils are scattered with granite stones, it is a marginal climate for red grapes. The vines are picked by hand and the Ros takes the best of the Nebbiolo crop. Fermentation is in an open oak fermenter with selected yeasts, there is no temperature control. The wine remains on the skins for 3 weeks with gentle submerging of the cap (skins that float to the surface), no pumpovers.\u003cbr\u003eThe wine is aged in used-barrique for 14 months with no racking. The finished wine is bottled without filtration or cold stabilisation, just a smidge of sulphur. Camillo has a very clear idea of what he wants from this wine, absolute purity, a precise and pared back Nebbiolo, the grapes are treated so gently and it shows in the wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819081564390,"sku":"IRP222B21L204","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 150cl","offer_id":34586888962204,"sku":"IRP222M18L705","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55974629966210,"sku":"IRP222C21L204","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55977413640578,"sku":"IRP222B23L401","price":29.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Favaro-Ros-Canavese-Nebbiolo-2021.jpg?v=1700735620"},{"product_id":"frentana-cococciola","title":"Frentana. 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High quality cooperative winery in the southern Abruzzo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantina Frentana producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many years Cococciola grapes were used as part of the Trebbiano d’Abruzzo blend.  As a grape type it mades the odd appearance in Molise, more often in Puglia and until the nineties, it did not feature at all as a varietal wine.  Now it is finally included in the Abruzzo DOC as a varietal wine, nowhere else, and it remains very rare. \u003cbr\u003eFrentana make this wine from a beautiful southeast facing Cococciola vineyard that is just few hundred meters from the sea.  With an almost constant breeze to cool the grapes, the vines are trained using a traditional tendone system, this provides natural shade and slightly lengthens the growing season.  The bunches are quite loose and there is little or no need for green harvesting.  The grapes are hand-picked, pressed, fermented and aged in temperature-controlled steel tanks.  Malolactic conversion is blocked.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43109076173030,"sku":"IWA002B22L635","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2024 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55916702171522,"sku":"IWA002B24L201","price":15.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2025 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56891790164354,"sku":"IWA002B24L711","price":15.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Frentana-Costa-del-Mulino-Abruzzo-Cococciola-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1766406913"},{"product_id":"frentana-montepulciano-dabruzzo-riserva-panarda","title":"Frentana. 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Abruzzo, Italy Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Cococciola\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/frentana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantina Frentana , Abruzzo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePanarda refers to a medieval banquet, a fitting name for a wine whose origins are from another age, perhaps not medieval times, but certainly from a nostalgic age where the irreverent tannins were tamed by a long stint in botti*.  Panada is a wine that has never changed, it has evolved into the centre piece of Cantina Frentana’s ‘Quality project’, an all-encompassing drive towards fine-tuning their wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes come from the best south-facing slopes; most are trained the old way, using a high pergola system  The grapes were hand-picked in late October and the  bunches cold-macerated*, before a temperature-controlled fermentation in steel tanks using selected yeasts.  This process extracts the maximum colour and tannin from the skins whilst at the same time preserving the delicate aromas of a classic Montepulciano.  The wine is then aged in barrique and botti for a further 18 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56904400503170,"sku":"IRA104B18L114","price":21.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Frentana-Montepulciano-d-Abruzzo-Riserva-Panarda.png?v=1634391772"},{"product_id":"frentana-pecorino-biologico","title":"Frentana. 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High quality cooperative winery in the southern Abruzzo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantina Frentana producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe growers who have joined this experiment are paid by the hectare and not for the weight of the fruit, the vines are still young and the quality just keeps improving with every vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2024 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55916782649730,"sku":"IWA004B24L503","price":17.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Cantina-Frentana-Pecorino-Biologico-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1764960676"},{"product_id":"frentana-rosato-costa-dei-trabocchi","title":"Vallevo. Rosato 'Costa dei Trabocchi'","description":"\u003cp\u003eRosato Terre di Chieti IGT \u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Montepulciano and Merlot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaspberry and strawberry fruit offset with a citrus and ripe herb core.  A lovely, pure dry pink.  12.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Cantina Frentana Abruzzo cooperative producer page link\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/frentana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantina Frentana, Abruzzo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2025 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56652212273538,"sku":"IPA002B25L114","price":12.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Vallevo-Costa-dei-Trabacchi-Rosato-Terre-di-Chieti-2022_2620b5e4-87b1-47f6-9e38-9a390bf0d732.jpg?v=1688115972"},{"product_id":"cantina-sangro-trebbiano-dabruzzo","title":"Cantina Sangro. 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Barolo del Comune di La Morra","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo DOCG del Comune di La Morra\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Barolo with intense aromatics; rose, red berry and spice.  The tannins are fully mature and give a deep structure, around which the minerality of Fossati, and light, fruit purity of Bricco Rocca dance. 14%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"link to Lapo Berti producer page. Italy, Piemonte, Barolo, Nebbiolo Langhe\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/lapo-berti\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLapo Berti producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine comes from two plots in La Morra: Bricco Rocca and Fossati. Fossati is on the western side of La Morra, it has a deserved reputation for long-lived wines with finesse as well as weight, a very different beast to its neighbour, Sarmassa (in the commune of Barolo).  Bricco Rocca is a little lower, where the aspect of the slopes provides the vines with excellent exposure to the sun, producing wines with finesse and balance, softer and more floral in style.  The soils in both crus (plots) are similar: lowish sand (25%), highish levels of clay (39%), iron levels are high in Fossati.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2017 is a much misunderstood vintage, it was very hot and dry, but the previous year wasn’t and reserves of water were good.  The vines showed no stress, the berries were a little smaller, it was a very good vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2013 produced a number of challenges: the spring was cold and wet and summer started late, this meant the fruit set was late and not as generous as usual. Fortunately, September and October were warm and dry and the Nebbiolo ripened perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2017 \/ 75cl","offer_id":41313314668729,"sku":"IRP211B17L110","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43094375727334,"sku":"IRP211B18L501","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45052547629286,"sku":"IRP211B20L409","price":69.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2017 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55962282787202,"sku":"IRP211C17L110","price":290.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Lapo-Berti-Barolo-La-Morra-2017.jpg?v=1671717213"},{"product_id":"lapo-berti-langhe-nebbiolo","title":"Lapo Berti. 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He gives the wine a remarkable 18 months in barrel because he wants the Nebbiolo to have lost some of the primary fruit flavours and gained a little tertiary complexity before releasing it. La Morra is famous for making the archetypal Barolo and it is no surprise that Lapo has had to work extremely hard to find the fruit to make this wine. His first port of call was a second selection from his Barolo, which is are now joined by vines that he has been working with in lesser sites with great potential.\u003cbr\u003eHis Nebbiolo is made in a very similar way to his Barolo: indigenous yeasts, a part of the fermentation in steel and a part in open demi-muids, nothing is added; no malo-bugs, no tannins or fructose. The wine is aged in used barrels and bottled without filtration with a miniscule amount of SO2 (60mg\/l).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43094371827942,"sku":"IRP177B20L620","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45082683113702,"sku":"IRP177B22L","price":38.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Lapo-Berti-Langhe-Nebbiolo-2020.jpg?v=1749563160"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/collections\/Bat-and-Bottle-Shortlisted-logo.jpg?v=1732119272","url":"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/wine-club-discounted-items.oembed?page=3","provider":"Bat and Bottle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}