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Plantagenet HELLFIRE BAY Chardonnay Western Australia |
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Where it's from:
Australia, Western Australia
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£88.99
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12 x 75 cl |
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Fruity Dry Whites |
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The Chardonnay is pale straw in colour with fresh perfumes of melon and ripe peaches, balanced by a nutty, toasty creaminess. It is still fresh on the palate, but has an attractive fullness. Fresh flavours carry through to the finish. The Hellfire Bay wines are made at Plantagenet with fruit sourced from various vineyards in Western Australia. Legend says that the first white settlers arriving in Western Australia believed they were sailing through the gates of hell as they watched St. Elmo’s fire light up the sky above them. As they prayed for mercy they named the area Hellfire Bay. The wines over-deliver in every way; they have wonderful fruit intensity and as a result haven’t had to resort to residual sugar, as too many wines at this price level do. The oak handling is evident, but it adds richness and intensity rather than masking inferior fruit. (12 x 75 cl)
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Australia, Western Australia |
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Plantagenet Mount Barker |
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45014 |
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Chocalan Estate Carmenere Maipo Valley Chile
Description: Intense violet colour with a delightful crimson rim this wine is showing ripe fruit with chocolate, coffee, blackberry jam, and black pepper on the nose to precede a palate that starts sweet with velvety tannins. Well-balanced acidity lends a nice freshness and heightens the fruity sensation. This is an elegant, well-balanced Carmenere with a long and flavorful finish. Chocalan's 80 hectares of vineyard are situated in the Maipo Valley, nestled between the Andes and the Coastal Mountain range. Proximity to the Pacific Ocean ensures the heat of the warm days is mitigated by the cool breezes funnelled down the valley at night. This gives a longer ripening period, and more elegant, less jammy wines as a result. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.99
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Chocalan Estate Syrah Maipo Valley Chile
Description: The 2006 Vina Choclan Syrah is a remarkable example of inexpensive Syrah, and one that will make the Aussies sit up and take notice. Made from 100% Syrah, this velvety wine has floral and fruity notes which are complemented by a touch of vanilla and toast followed by a long and elegant finish. Good volume and structure, and good acidity lends the wine a fresh liveliness. Chocalan’s 80 hectares of vineyard are situated in the Maipo Valley, nestled between the Andes and the Coastal Mountain range. Proximity to the Pacific Ocean ensures the heat of the warm days is mitigated by the cool breezes funnelled down the valley at night. This gives a longer ripening period, and more elegant, less jammy wines as a result. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.99
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Chocalan Estate RESERVA Carmenere Maipo Valley Chile
Description: Aged in French barrels for 14 months this wine is lightly fined and filtered before release. This has produced a tremendously expressive wine that has attractive aromas of ripe red fruit, plums, cherries, raspberries and perfectly integrated oak. The intense palate is flavourful, juicy and loaded with fruit and personality. Finishing long and fruity with a touch of chocolate, this is a wine to enjoy. Chocalan’s 80 hectares of vineyard are situated in the Maipo Valley, nestled between the Andes and the Coastal Mountain range. Proximity to the Pacific Ocean ensures the heat of the warm days is mitigated by the cool breezes funnelled down the valley at night. This gives a longer ripening period, and more elegant, less jammy wines as a result. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.99
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Chocalan Estate Merlot Maipo Valley Chile
Description: The Vina Chocalan Merlot has an compelling, earthy nose of tobacco, wet earth, and dark plum aromas. In the mouth it offers smooth textured flavours of plum, earth and a core of stony minerality that plays off against a nicely restrained hint of oak. The acid levels are good and the tannins are restrained to the point of being nearly imperceptible. Eminently drinkable when young, this wine will benefit from some years ageing. Chocalan’s 80 hectares of vineyard are situated in the Maipo Valley, nestled between the Andes and the Coastal Mountain range. Proximity to the Pacific Ocean ensures the heat of the warm days is mitigated by the cool breezes funnelled down the valley at night. This gives a longer ripening period, and more elegant, less jammy wines as a result. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.99
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Laroche Merlot Vin de Pays d'Oc
Description: Vivid crimson red in appearance, this wine has appealing plum and chocolate aromas with hints of vanilla. In the mouth it is not too heavy but has generous raspberry fruit, supple structure and good length (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.97
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Dalle Vigne GANZO IGT Toscana
Description: A blend of 50% Sangiovese and 50% Merlot, it is part of the new breed of affordable Super Tuscans. Soft, fresh and supple, it is very attractive to drink. In the Tuscan dialect, Ganzo means cool!! (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.97
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Laroche Unoaked Chardonnay Vin de Pays d'Oc
Description: Hints of honeysuckle and melon on the nose lead onto a gorgeously clean, fresh palate with zesty grapefruit flavours and a subtle finish with mineral notes. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.97
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Laroche ROSE de la CHEVALIERE Syrah Grenache Merlot Vin de Pays d'Oc
Description: Tasting Note A gentle, dry rose with subtle raspberry and cherry aromas. The palate is bright and fresh with the fruit balanced perfectly by the crisp acidity in the finish. An impressive, restrained wine with real character. 12% Slightly darker than the pale barely-there rosés from Provencal but lighter on its feet than most New World pinks, Laroche's Rose de la Chevaliere is on superb form in 2006. A blend of Merlot, Grenache and Syrah sourced from across the Languedoc it is just waiting for winter to admit it has lost its bite and usher in really warm weather. In the meantime, it makes a fantastic partner for everything from charcuterie to seafood. A bit about Laroche Chablis producer Laroche have been champions of the South of France for over a decade, since they acquired Mas de Chevalier, near Beziers in 1995. Top winemaker Richard Lavanoux is now the in charge of the cellars and is really beginning to realise the region's potential for making great wines. Richard's focus is on producing modern, terroir-driven wines bottled under screwcap for maximum freshness and longevity. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.97
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A Mano Primitivo di Puglia
Description: 100% Primitivo showing incredible depth of colour this vintage, with perfumes of spicy, ripe, black cherries and a hint of liquorice on the nose. On the palate it is full-bodied while retaining a good balance between opulent fruit and elegant structure. A Mano Primitivo was first made in 1998. Mark Shannon and Elvezia Sbalchiero, the duo behind A Mano, have worked in the wine business for most of their lives. Elvezia is a northern Italian winemarketing expert and Mark is a Californian winemaker. They knew right from the start that they wanted their wine to be a concentrated, dark coloured, full-bodied wine made from Primitivo. A Mano comes from the heart of the Primitivo area, in the low hills east of Taranto in Puglia. The region is an old sea-bed, full of fossilised clams, oysters and sea-urchins. The altitude here is approximately 30-60 metres above sea level and annual rainfall is 35 cms. Puglia is a pensinsula between the Adriatic and Ionian seas so the climate is classically Mediterranean. The Primitivo vines are quite old; most are the original plantings after phylloxera and range from 70-100 years old. As with most vineyards planted at that time they are small bush vines, called "alberello" and are non-irrigated. The average Primitivo vineyard is quite small, less than half a hectare. The grapes are hand-picked. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.97
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Vina Los Vascos LOS VASCOS Cabernet Sauvignon Rose Chile
Description: The rose of Los Vascos is made from grapes which are immediately pressed after harvesting. This preserves the freshness, the fruity aromas and the bright colour brought by the juice. A Rose made entirely from Cabernet Sauvignon it is a limpid and brilliant coloured wine with bright pink highlights. The wine has the typical aromas of the varietal characterised by strawberries accompanied by exotic raspberry fruit nuances. It is very fresh and juicy in the mouth with a pleasant harmony and good persistence. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.95
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Lustau EMILIN Moscatel
Description: Lustau EMILIN Moscatel from Spain, Andalucia, Jerez De La Frontera by Lustau Sherry (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.94
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Marques de Vitoria Blanco Rioja Alavesia
Description: This white Rioja is made exclusively from Viura grapes grown in the Rioja Alavesa region. The wine is a clear, bright straw yellow colour with a yellow-green rim as well as a clean, fruity nose that has hints of elegant herbs and fresh hay. The palate is dry, light and pleasant with moderate acidity while the Viura grapes personality comes through. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.90
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Marques de Vitoria Rosado Rioja Alavesia
Description: This wine is 100% Tempranillo grown from grapes in the Rioja Alavesa region. An intense pink coloured wine it has a reddish rim and a lively bouquet that is both powerful and fruity with notes of overripe raspberries and strawberries. This wine has a smooth attack on the palate it is also well balanced and powerful with fruity notes on the finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.90
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Chateau De Jau LES CLOS DE PAULILLES Collioure
Description: A small pretty Mediterranean seaside village just north of the Franco-Spanish border, Collioure is considered to have some of the finest wines in the south of France, an unsurprising fact when you realise that its yields are some of the lowest in France. Collioure itself, once known as Banyuls sec, is a dark red wine, made from Mourvedre and Syrah , with heady aromas of over-ripe fruits and spices. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.89
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Cascina Pellerino DESIRE Arneis Roero DOCG
Description: An ancient variety grown near Alba in Piemonte recently saved from extinction by a few notable Barolo producers such Bruno Giacoso, Arneis is sometimes referred to as Barolo Bianco although never labelled as such. Difficult to grow because of its delicate skin, 'Arneis' in the regional dialect means 'whimsical.' It is often used as a blender to soften tannins in the red wines of the area, much as the French use Viognier in the Northern Rhone. The best bunches of the vineyards of Bricco della Salute are set aside to the production of Roero Arneis 'Desire'. The traditional wine-making provide for soft press of clusters after the harvesting and stalk stripping. The must extract is ferment with selected yeasts, they give fresh and fruit fragrance. After the alcoholic fermentation wine is left in steel tank for two months for the aging. Desire is a fresh, elegant and bright straw-coloured wine. The fruit fragrances, typical of this vineyard, are very intense and very elegant thanks to a careful vinification. It presents an excellent balance between softness and sourness, while the taste is persistent with a fresh note at the end. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.89
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