Wine Expert Crushendo Wine Kits

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CRUSHENDO WINE KITS

*THE NEW CRUSHENDO WINE KIT SERIES IS HERE !* Winexpert is very pleased to present the Selection Estate Series with the new grape pack, Crushendo™. This ultra-premium wine kit is now bigger and better than ever with the new Crushendo™. This is the key to a brilliantly intense red wine experience. Why? Because the making great red wine is in the skin of the grapes
Now, by including the skins, and packaging them separately, Winexpert Estate Series Crushendo wine kits can deliver every nuance, all of the tannin, the brilliant colours and flavours of a super-premium red wine, with all the ageing potential and lush flavours of the best commercial wines. And it’s easy! Winexpert Estate Series Crushendo is as easy to make as our other Estate Series kits. The Crushendo™ grape pack and the ultra-premium vineyard-designated juices give brilliant aromas and flavours, and a velvety tannic grip, to make a wine of unique and piercing intensity.
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To complement this amazing palette of flavours, the Crushendo™. grape pack brings real grape tannin and character, and the special RC 212 yeast enhances the already spectacular fruit. Right out of the carboy this wine will have intense, gripping tannins, and although drinkable immediately, it will open up and blossom into a wine of unique power and elegance over two to four years.

CRUSHENDO SANTA YNEZ VALLEY SYRAH $139.95-
This 18-liter kit is the first to combine the finest grape juice and concentrate with a crushed grape pack that helps to increase the intensity of the wine. The Syrah has room-filling aromas of blackberry, smoke, plum, “jammy” fruit and even a hint of black pepper spiciness lurking in the intense velvety tannins. The Crushendo grape pack complements the amazing palette of flavors as it brings out the real grape tannin and character.
Santa Ynez Valley Syrah Labels 30 per pack $2.95-

AVAILABLE IN MID FEBRUARY
CORVINA CLASSICO DI VENETO $139.95-
Corvina Classico Di Veneto Labels 30 per pack $2.95-
Appellation: Cantina Sociale di Illasi, Verona, Veneto, Italy
Style: The power grape of Italy’s famed Valpolicella, Bardolino and Amarone, Corvina is renowned for fruity, full-bodied wines with cherry aromas and a hint of almond. The Veneto region stretches from the northeast border with Austria down to coastal Venice, with a mild continental climate ideal for long, controlled ripening and intense grapes.

Corvina Classico has lush, intriguing aromas of ripe red cherries and raspberries, delicate hints of almond, toast and spice and a richly tannic finish that has the fruit lingering on your palate for many minutes.

In the historic footsteps of Amarone—a wine fermented with a reserve of crushed grapeskins—the Crushendo™ grape pack brings immense grape tannin and character to the wine, and the special RC 212 yeast enhances the wonderful cherry fruitiness. Right out of the carboy this wine will have intense, gripping tannins, and although drinkable immediately, it will open up and blossom into a wine of unique power and elegance over two to four years.
Harvest Conditions: pH 3.60, Brix 21.6º, T.A. 4.75 g/l

Food Pairings: Grilled beef and pork, strong dry cheeses (Parmigiano Reggiano or Asiago), pasta with meat-based tomato sauces, antipasto, veal or roast pork. The gripping tannin in this wine also makes it a natural for red meat and game, and the fruit lifts up well herbed or spiced dishes.

Oak: French	Alcohol: 12.0-12.5%	Sweetness: completely dry
Similar Styles:	Selection Valpolicella	Luna Rossa

Ageing: While tempting to drink young immediately on bottling, Corvina Classico will only reveal its delicate (yet powerful!) finish of cherry and almonds after a year, and those with the willpower to tuck a few bottles away will be rewarded by a decade of liquid velvet and bright, lingering fruitiness.