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Alpha Domus Merlot/Cabernet Hawke's Bay NZ |
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Where it's from:
New Zealand, Hawke's Bay
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£123.83
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12 x 75 cl |
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Powerful Reds |
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This is a deep, dark coloured wine with a bouquet redolent with the aroma of plum and blackcurrant, with hints of mint and classic cedar cigar-box characters peaking through. The palate is well-integrated and displays ripe berry-fruit flavours wrapped around a smooth silky texture and mellow tannins supported by subtle oak. The fruit influenced finish is long and savoury. Serve this wine at room temperature with red meats and strongly flavoured pasta dishes. (12 x 75 cl)
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New Zealand, Hawke's Bay |
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Alpha Domus |
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10851 |
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Alpha Domus Sauvignon Blanc Hawke's Bay NZ
Description: Light-straw with green tinges, this wines shows an aroma of ripe tropical fruit and gooseberry. This wine is dry with a touch of sweetness on the palate. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £112.20
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Alpha Domus THE NAVIGATOR Hawke's Bay NZ
Description: The wine displays a rich aroma of berry-fruit, balanced by smoky oak and hints of spices carried through to the pallet, big in flavour and yet elegant in texture with a firm lingering finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £144.86
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Alpha Domus Unoaked Chardonnay Hawke's Bay NZ
Description: This traditionally styled Hawke's Bay Chardonnay has a well-defined bouquet of ripe peach and melon aromas. Laced with oaky nuances, a complex palate with smooth buttery texture and clean citrus finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £112.20
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Alpha Zeta 'A' Amarone della Valpolicella Veneto
Description: It is made in a rich and modern style with an attractive fresh perfume. On the palate it is full bodied and rich, with cherry, vanillin and coffee flavours. The tannins are supple and well balanced, and the wine finishes long (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £124.72
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Alpha Zeta 'A' Amarone della Valpolicella Veneto
Description: Alpha Zeta was established with winemaker Matt Thompson in 1999. The original aim was quite simple: to produce mid-priced Veronese wines using fruit from selected vineyards rather than by buying and blending bulk wine from the various co-operatives. Over the years, Matt has developed a great relationship with a series of growers, and has convinced them to lower yields and pick later. This has resulted in riper and more flavoursome grapes. The grapes for these wines are sourced from vineyards in the Valpantena and Monteforte d'Alpone valleys, both of which are to the east of Verona. Once the grapes arrive at the winery, it is then Matt's job to ensure that these flavours are retained in the finished wine, and this he does admirably. These are modern, innovative wines that express the real quality inherent in Veronese viniculture. Rich and modern with an attractive fresh perfume it is dispalying aromas of ripe black cherry, plum and hints of fruit cake. On the palate it is full bodied and rich, with cherry, vanillin and coffee flavours. Well balanced tannins and long finish mark this wine out. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £130.14
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Alpha Zeta 'C' Chardonnay Verona
Description: The partially oaked Chardonnay, a portion of which was put through malolactic fermentation, has tremendous richness and character. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £76.86
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Alpha Zeta 'G' Garganega Veneto
Description: A wine that is medium bodied with flavours of ripe peaches, spice and hints of honeysuckle. It is an attractive, quaffable wine that will appeal to those looking for something new from Italy. It has been bottled young to preserve its fresh fruit character. Winemaker Matt Thomson has thinks this is the best vintage yet of Garganega that he has produced. The superb weather in September and October ensured that the late ripening Garganega grapes reached maturity in ideal conditions. It was then Matt's job to retain these flavours, something he has done admirably. Greater ripeness and more flavour were obtained by reducing yields and picking later. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £66.48
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Alpha Zeta 'L' Lugana Veneto
Description: Alpha Zeta was established with winemaker Matt Thompson in 1999. The original aim was quite simple: to produce mid-priced Veronese wines using fruit from selected vineyards rather than by buying and blending bulk wine from the various co-operatives. Over the years, Matt has developed a great relationship with a series of growers, and has convinced them to lower yields and pick later. This has resulted in riper and more flavoursome grapes. The grapes for these wines are sourced from vineyards in the Valpantena and Monteforte d'Alpone valleys, both of which are to the east of Verona. Once the grapes arrive at the winery, it is then Matt's job to ensure that these flavours are retained in the finished wine, and this he does admirably. These are modern, innovative wines that express the real quality inherent in Veronese viniculture. 100% Lugana grape have produced a clean, fresh and very fragrant with beautiful balance on the palate between ripe, round fruit and a zesty, mineral freshness. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £51.37
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Alpha Zeta 'R' Ripasso Valpolicella Superiore
Description: Alpha Zeta was established with winemaker Matt Thompson in 1999. The original aim was quite simple: to produce mid-priced Veronese wines using fruit from selected vineyards rather than by buying and blending bulk wine from the various co-operatives. Over the years, Matt has developed a great relationship with a series of growers, and has convinced them to lower yields and pick later. This has resulted in riper and more flavoursome grapes. The grapes for these wines are sourced from vineyards in the Valpantena and Monteforte d'Alpone valleys, both of which are to the east of Verona. Once the grapes arrive at the winery, it is then Matt's job to ensure that these flavours are retained in the finished wine, and this he does admirably. These are modern, innovative wines that express the real quality inherent in Veronese viniculture. Made by re-fermenting the young wine on the skins of grapes that we laid down to dry has provided this deep red coloured wine with great depth and flesh. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £51.37
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Alpha Zeta 'S' Soave Veneto
Description: This is how staight Soave should taste but seldom does. It transcends this normally mundane style. Fresh, light, floral and expressive. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £63.89
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Alpha Zeta 'V' Valpolicella Veneto
Description: The Valpolicella is vibrant and damsony, displaying none of the leanness that most of them do at this price level. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £69.50
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Alphonse Mellot CUVEE EDMOND Vieilles Vignes Blanc Sancerre
Description: Alphonse Mellot CUVEE EDMOND Vieilles Vignes Blanc Sancerre from France, Loire, Sancerre by Alphonse Mellot
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Alphonse Mellot EN GRAND CHAMPS Rouge Sancerre
Description: At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Alphonse Mellot founded a tavern in Sancerre where one could savour the local wines and so began a flourishing trade that was to continue. In 1881 he was granted a licence to ship his wine throughout France and all over the World. This marked the beginning of a pacific conquest which has been pursued and developed by the family business from father to son ever since, with the eldest son continuing to bear the name of the Founder Alphonse. Today, the old winemaking tradition is perpetuated by Alphonse Mellot, father and son, the 18th and 19th to bear the name. The grapes are picked by hand in small 25 Kg boxes then put onto a vibrating table and followed by a sorting table, here, the grapes will be sorted, stemmed and transported into the wine vats by conveyor belt. It is then fermented in 45 hl truncated wooden vats and aged in new casks for 14 months on average. En Grands Champs has been produced for 62 years on a small 1 hectare parcel of land. Beautiful deep crimson coloured wine with dark fruit aromas; the flavours of mulberries, morello cherries and pink peppercorns melt into long lasting silky tannins. Limited Availability.
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Alphonse Mellot GENERATION X1X Sancerre Rouge
Description: At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Alphonse Mellot founded a tavern in Sancerre where one could savour the local wines and so began a flourishing trade that was to continue. In 1881 he was granted a licence to ship his wine throughout France and all over the World. This marked the beginning of a pacific conquest which has been pursued and developed by the family business from father to son ever since, with the eldest son continuing to bear the name of the Founder Alphonse. Today, the old winemaking tradition is perpetuated by Alphonse Mellot, father and son, the 18th and 19th to bear the name. The Generation XIX Vintage has been produced for 62 years on a single, 1 hectare, parcel of land . With such small yield great care is taken in producing this wine. It is picked by hand in small 25 Kg boxes then put onto a vibrating table and followed by a sorting table, here, the grapes will be sorted, stemmed and transported into the wine vats by conveyor belt. It is then fermented in 45 hl truncated wooden vats and aged in new casks for 14 months on average. A real explosion of flavour that is a remarkable example of what Pinot Noir can achieve in Sancerre. Lovely, ripe, classic fleshy Pinot character, complemented by fine tannins and oak complexity through to a long and consistent finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £518.68
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Alphonse Mellot GENERATION X1X Sancerre Rouge
Description: At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Alphonse Mellot founded a tavern in Sancerre where one could savour the local wines and so began a flourishing trade that was to continue. In 1881 he was granted a licence to ship his wine throughout France and all over the World. This marked the beginning of a pacific conquest which has been pursued and developed by the family business from father to son ever since, with the eldest son continuing to bear the name of the Founder Alphonse. Today, the old winemaking tradition is perpetuated by Alphonse Mellot, father and son, the 18th and 19th to bear the name. The Generation XIX Vintage has been produced for 62 years on a single, 1 hectare, parcel of land . With such small yield great care is taken in producing this wine. The grapes are picked by hand in small 25 Kg boxes then put onto a vibrating table and followed by a sorting table, here, the grapes will be sorted, stemmed and transported into the wine vats by conveyor belt. It is then fermented in 45 hl truncated wooden vats and aged in new casks for 14 months on average. A Beautiful ruby red colour, firm and deep/ripe appearance this wine's nose is rich and complex. Seductive, packed with culture and very distinctive, it is showing mulberries, bilberries and morello cherries, while it offers eastern spices (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £725.70
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Alphonse Mellot GENERATION X1X White Sancerre
Description: Alphonse Mellot GENERATION X1X White Sancerre from France, Loire, Sancerre by Alphonse Mellot
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Alphonse Mellot LA MOUSSIERE Rouge Sancerre
Description: At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Alphonse Mellot founded a tavern in Sancerre where one could savour the local wines and so began a flourishing trade that was to continue. In 1881 he was granted a licence to ship his wine throughout France and all over the World. This marked the beginning of a pacific conquest which has been pursued and developed by the family business from father to son ever since, with the eldest son continuing to bear the name of the Founder Alphonse. Today, the old winemaking tradition is perpetuated by Alphonse Mellot, father and son, the 18th and 19th to bear the name. The wines are produced from the upper Sancerre vineyard, the most famous of which is the Domaine Le Moussiere. Its exceptional quality has led to it being officially classified as a unique category amongst the Sancerre wines. The Domaine Le Moussiere comprises one single vineyard of over thirty hectares. It's ideally exposed location with chalk soil and specific sub-soil are all perfect conditions for the cultivation of the vine. From South/South West and South/South East facing vineyards comes the Sancerre rouge La Moussiere, produced from young vines to be just like biting into the grapes themselves ripe and richly red, a wine that is both tender and vigorous. Harvested by hand every care is taken from the vineyard to the winery and thanks to a vibrating table followed by a sorting table, all grapes have been sorted, stemmed and transported into the wine vats by conveyor belt. Finally, it is fermented in 60 hl truncated wooden vats using 80 to 100% new casks for ageing on fine lees over a period varying between 10 and 18 months. This Pinot Noir is a very fine deep crimson colour while the nose has hints of small red and black fruit like raspberries, currants, mulberries and morello cherries, with spicy traces of pink peppercorns, vanilla and cinnamon. The mouth is mellow, well rounded and well structured with a woody background that has spicy traces and aromas of fruit. A wine long in the mouth it is high in alcohol and pleasant, a real winner. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £294.55
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