Fetzer BARREL SELECT Merlot California

This is a ripe, full-flavoured Zinfandel that maintains both elegance and structure. Forward berry and spice aromas offer complexities of toasted hazelnut from barrel ageing. In the mouth, ripe blackberry flavours mingle with a hint of crushed black pepper and vanilla. Long in the finish, this fine Zinfandel will develop in the bottle through at least 2005. (6 x 75 cl)

This full-flavoured red wine has bright cherry fruit aromas and hints of liquorice, tobacco and cedar with a lavish helping of sweet oak-spice. The flavours are rich with black cherry and cassis and complexities of anise, toffee, vanilla and toasty oak.

Juicy ripe strawberry fruit with a touch of spice. Easy drinking but not soppy.

Fetzer HOPLAND RANCHES Merlot California from USA, California by Fetzer Vineyards Soft & Supple Reds (6 x 75 cl)

Open and appealing jammy, cherry fruit with hints of spicy oak in the background. (6 x 75 cl)

Coro Mendocino is a unique collaborative effort by Mendocino winemakers to create a class of ultra-premium wines that showcase the rich heritage and unique characteristics of Mendocino County. Coro means chorus in Italian and Spanish and is reflective of the spirit of this project... many voices singing the same song. This is the first time in U.S. history that winemakers from a region have set blending and aging parameters for a wine distinctive to the area. Zinfandel is the dominant varietal of Coro Mendocino, which also have at least one year in barrel and six months in bottle before release. Made entirely in Mendocino County and exclusively from Mendocino County fruit, these wines share a uniform bottle and label employing a special trademarked logo. What makes this wine stand out is that not only are the varietals named, but the methods of winemaking are regulated from the amount of alcohol to the final pH and TA. Only Mendocino fruit can be used and zinfandel must make up from 40 to 70 percent of the final wine as well as be the dominant percentage. The wine must be totally produced at a Mendocino County bonded winery. On the nose there are hints of Allspice, ripe berries and a floral quality reminiscent of violets. The blend assigns each varietal a role. The Zinfandel provides distinctive aromas, the Petite Sirah and Syrah offer texture and rich flavours, while the Grenache Noir sprinkles a wonderful array of aromatics. In the mouth there is a distinct licorice and anise character with blackberries and juicy, jammy ripe fruit evident. (6 x 75 cl)

Our Pacific Bay Merlot is a medium bodied, fruity red wine with cherry and plum aromas and flavors. The grapes blended for this wine have soft tannins making it approachable and easy drinking from the moment of purchase. (12 x 75 cl)

This soft, subtle Merlot is sourced from Lodi-Woodbridge, Central and North Coasts. A wine which exudes the natural fleshiness of the Merlot. After traditional fermentation in stainless steel, further maturation takes place for six months in new or second year barrel. DUPLICATE (6 x 75 cl)

Delicious ripe raspberry fruit, quite full-bodied but well balanced for drinking with or without food and bottled under stelvin to retain its youthful fruit. (12 x 75 cl)