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Domaine des Gourdins Saint Emilion
Description: Domaine des Gourdins covers one and half hectares on the outskirts of Libourne. The soil is made up of siliceous sand with lies on a subsoil of ferruginous gravel, and the grape varieties are 60 % Merlot and 40 % Cabernet Franc. The wine is aged in cask; it is carmine red with tile coloured shades; the nose is marked by hints of game and venison, the initial taste is lively, the tannins are pronounced, and the finish, supple. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £96.71
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Katnook Coonawarra Merlot South Australia
Description: Tasting Note Soft and ripe with concentrated, juicy plum and blackberry fruit spiced up by vanilla and cinnamon notes from the oak. Full-bodied and well-balanced with flavour to spare. 13.5% Wayne Stehbens and his team at Katnook are making something of a speciality of Merlot in Coonawarra. The region is already well known for its world class Cabernet, and as Bordeaux shows, where Cabernet thrives the chances are Merlot might do pretty well too. Ripe and rounded with fabulous depth of fruit and wonderfully smooth tannins this is a big, characterful wine that really shows Oz's potential for world class Merlot. A bit about Katnook Estate Although the present company was only founded in 1967, the Katnook area had been well known for grape growing since the mid-19th Century, when John Riddoch planted the first Coonawarra vines. In 1980, the arrival of winemaker Wayne Stehbens heralded a new era for Katnook when they began to bottle their own wines for the first time. Since then the company's reputation has rocketed with the wines now recognised as being among the very best in the region. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £96.67
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Huia Pinot Noir Marlborough NZ
Description: Tasting Note Plenty of aromatic cherry, strawberry and violets on the nose; the medium-bodied palate has crisp fruit, ripe tannins and integrated spicy oak adding notes of clove and dark chocolate. 13.5% A bit about Huia Clare and Mike Allan’s CV reads like a who’s who of top Kiwi wineries. Both graduates of Adelaide’s Roseworthy College, they set up Huia in 1996. Much of the company’s renown has been built upon their traditional method Brut sparkler although today Huia is just as well known for its mastery of aromatic whites as well as Pinot Noir. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £96.67
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Ca' dei Frati RONCHEDONE Lugana Veneto
Description: Marzemino and Sangiovese are the main grapes for the 2005 Ronchedone, together with a maximum of 10% of Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a good depth of colour and perfumes of spicy red fruits on the nose. On the palate it has excellent concentration of spicy, jammy fruit with rounded, soft tannins and good acidity. Good structure supporting the ripe fruit character gives it a nice balance and attractive weight. Over the past decade, the Dal Cero family has transformed their Ca’ dei Frati property into a model Italian estate. When we first began buying their wines in 1987, they had 12 hectares of vineyard; today, they have 50. This increase in quantity has been matched by an increase in quality, and today they remain the best producers in Lugana. The quality of their vineyards is the secret of their success. Many producers in the zone overcrop and train the vines high. At Ca’ dei Frati, the vines are trained low, newer vineyards have a higher density of planting, and yields are well below the average for the zone. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £96.67
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Domaine Laroche Chablis St Martin
Description: Chablis St Martin is a special cuvee, named after the patron saint of Chablis. Domaine Laroche own 61.5 hectares of Chablis vineyards, facing east and south-west, on pure Kimmeridgian limestone. St Martin is a selection of the best plots from the Domaine (12 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £96.67
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Weltevrede CAPE MUSCAT RSA
Description: Made from the Red Muscadel grape this wine shows balanced sweetness with a hint of rose petal (12 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £96.65
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Delaforce Fine WHITE Port
Description: A special style of White Port with a pale colour, medium sweetness and a pleasant fruity bouquet. When chilled, it makes an excellent aperitif. Can also be enjoyed with desserts. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £96.59
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