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Hunter's Wines WINEMAKERS SELECTION Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough NZ
Description: In the last 20 years the province of Marlborough has moved from virtual obscurity to become New Zealand's largest and best-known wine region with a reputation for producing some of the world's finest sauvignon blanc. This huge potential was something that was recognised back in 1983 by Jane Hunter and her late husband Ernie when they founded their first fledgling winery in the picturesque Wairau Valley. Since those early years Jane has been owner, viticulturist and managing director of what has become one of New Zealand's most established wineries, Hunter's Wines. Under her expertise, the original vineyard area has increased by 2.5 times its original size and the company's annual output has grown to around 60,000 cases of wine, nearly half of which is exported. This Winemaker's Selection Sauvignon Blanc shows ripe Marlborough fruit characters of melon, passionfruit and tropical fruits with subtle wood handling. There are rich, passionfruit and melon flavours on the palate with a long clean finish and gentle seasoning of toasty oak.
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Meursault
Description: Meursault from Burgundy by Leflaive O Fine Wine (12 x 75cl)
Price: £370.89
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Rollan de By
Description: Rollan de By from Bordeaux by NA Fine Wine (24 x 37.5cl)
Price: £217.02
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Geschwister Simon Ayler Kupp Riesling Spatlese Saar
Description: Riesling vines pack the slate soil on south facing slopes of Kupp near Ayler, producing fragrant honeyed wines, with a noticeably high balancing acidity. Top quality classic riesling. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £116.77
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Lerane Terret/Viognier Vin de Pays d'Oc
Description: Lerane is based in Carcassonne in the Languedoc region in the South of France, with access to some of the most consistent, quality conscious grape growers and vineyard sites. The aim every year is to select the finest quality to obtain the best results in the Lérane blends. Grapes are harvested at optimum ripeness, before the acidity starts to wane, and upon reception the grapes are gently crushed and then the must is left overnight to settle in a refrigerated steel tank. Fermentation is temperature controlled and the wine sees no oak while the final blend of 50% Terret and 50% Viognier is then filtered and fined before bottling. The wine is a straw yellow colour with an enticingly aromatic nose reminiscent of peach blossom, ripe apples and white stone fruit. The palate is round and juicy offering a delightful concentration of peach and pear fruit and some hints of tropical lychees, all bound up with a crisp citrus acidity that keeps the wine refreshingly clean. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £47.48
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Cadoro Amarone della Valpolicella Valpantena DOC
Description: Cadoro offers a classic range of wines from Veneto. This wine is a blend of Corvina Molinara and Rondinella and highlights this great wine growing region. A fantastic wine with a garnet red, dense and compact colour, it has a strong and persistent, ethereal and fruity bouquet with hint of black cherries and dry prunes. The palate is well structured, smooth with velvety tannins and a lovely finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £267.47
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Pavillon Rouge
Description: Pavillon Rouge from Bordeaux by NA Fine Wine (12 x 75cl)
Price: £848.35
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Querciabella CAMARTINA Tuscana IGT
Description: Querciabella, founded in 1974 began life as a 1 hectare vineyard but today has 26 hectares of vines producing great wine with an international reputation. Concentrating on small yields where the emphasis is placed on concentration and richness of the fruit, the vineyard is run according to biodynamic priciples that exceed the European Standard.. Querciabella is a Chianti Classico DOCG that presently produces four wines from the vineyards of its Chianti Classico estate in Greve in Chianti. Batar is a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc; Chianti Classico; Camartina a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon while Palafreno, a new release, is a blend of Merlot and Sangiovese. Great care is taken from the vineyard to the winery when producing this wine as the grapes are carefully selected in the vineyards, hand harvested and put into 8 kilo crates. Then the grapes are destemmed, but not crushed, and the very best parcels are conveyed into temperature controlled stainless steel vats. After fermentation the wine is transferred to barriques, here the different cepages undergo separate elevage for one year. At this stage, the best lots, selected through extensive tasting and assembled into the final blend, where they undergo another year of elevage. Finally, the wine is aged in French Oak that comes from Allier, Nevers, and Troncais using 80% new and 20% one year old barrels. The wine is regularly racked and tasted during the whole barrel maturation and after bottling the wine rests for about six months before release . A Ruby red Super Tuscan, this wine is blend of 50% Sangiovese; 45% Cabernet Sauvignon as well as a little Merlot and Syrah. A nose of earth and leather as well as oak give way to the ripe fruit flavours on the palate and good tannin structure culminating in a powerful and long finish. Magnum bottles available in Original Wooden Case. (6 x 1.5 Litres)
Price: £671.08
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Gruaud Larose
Description: Gruaud Larose from Bordeaux by NA Fine Wine (12 x 75cl)
Price: £539.03
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Martinez 1997 Vintage Port
Description: Martinez 1997 Vintage Port from Portugal, Douro by Martinez Gassiot Port (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £439.25
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La Spinetta PIN Piemonte
Description: La Spinetta PIN Piemonte from Italy, Piemonte by La Spinetta Powerful Reds (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £234.80
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Domaine de Maltaverne L'AMMONITE Pouilly-Fume
Description: Grassy Sauvignon characteristics on the nose lead to a rich and ripe yet clean, crisp palate. Can be decanted as oxygenation will underline the concentrated flavours and will also develop in bottle for a few years. Produced by M Gilles Maudry, a fine craftsman of Sauvignon Blanc. The vines in this small estate in the village of Maltaverne are on average 60 years old and with small yields and minimum intervention a top flight Pouilly Fume is produced. Organically-grown grapes are harvested by hand and after gentle pressing, fermentation takes place using only natural yeasts. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and is left on its lees for 8-9 months before bottling. Crisp and dry white wine with fine and complex structure. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £74.96
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NSG Boudots
Description: NSG Boudots from Burgundy by Meo Camuzet Fine Wine (12 x 75cl)
Price: £1154.50
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Volnay Taillepieds
Description: Volnay Taillepieds from Burgundy by Carre Courbin Fine Wine (12 x 75cl)
Price: £480.34
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