Petaluma Cabernet Sauvignon MerlotCoonawarra South Australia
Description: An inky black cherry colour is deeper and less translucent than typical Coonawarra. The aroma is already complex, of rich and ripe black currants and blackberries, some dark chocolate and mint and perfumed high notes. The fruit has absolutely swallowed the camphor and cedar of the oak. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £146.08
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Penley Estate MerlotCoonawarra Description: A strikingly powerful nose of spicy, tangy, red fruit. On the palate, more juicy, ripe redcurrant flavours to get your tongue around with tremendous fruit extraction. This is not about softness but about concentration. A Merlot more in the style of South West France than of California.
Hollick SPARKLING MerlotCoonawarra South Australia
Description: Hollick Wines is an independent, family-owned winery, located on one of the original John Riddoch Blocks in Coonawarra in the cool South East corner of South Australia. With 156 acres under vine at Coonawarra and 75 acres recently planted at the newly emerging area of Wrattonbully, Ian Hollick is one of the largest 'small growers'! A best seller in Oz, once tasted never forgotten. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £94.25
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Hollick Cabernet Sauvignon/MerlotCoonawarra South Australia
Description: Hollick Wines is an independent, family-owned winery, located on one of the original John Riddoch Blocks in Coonawarra in the cool South East corner of South Australia. With 156 acres under vine at Coonawarra and 75 acres recently planted at the newly emerging area of Wrattonbully, Ian Hollick is one of the largest 'small growers'! This is an example of a minty cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £148.83
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet/Shiraz/Merlot South Australia
Description: The reputation of Wynns Coonawarra Estate stretches back four decades to 1951 when David Wynn recognised the potential quality of Coonawarra's wines. He purchased the original cellars built by John Riddoch in 1896 and began a winemaking legacy that continues to this day. The only blend in the range, Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet/Shiraz/Merlot captures all the elegant fruit character that Coonawarra has to offer in a wine that drinks best while relatively young. The Cabernet provides flavour, length and structure; the Shiraz imparts a spicy complexity and richness, while the Merlot adds softness. The resulting red offers a rich balance of varietal characters in a smooth and approachable wine. Grape variety: Cabernet Sauvignon , Shiraz and Merlot . Oak Maturation: Matured for 10 months in a mix of new and used American and French oak barrels. Colour: Deep red with purple hues. Nose: Fragrant, leafy aromas with hints of mint and eucalyptus underlined with dusty oak. Palate: The palate is earthy and supple with soft, dark, berry fruit with a spicy finish and fresh aftertaste. This wine is made for current drinking, thus would only benefit from short-term cellaring. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £55.38
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Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot South Australia
Description: Red black in colour, this Cabernet Merlot is true to style with a powerful nose of ripe cassis fruit, dark chocolate and smoky oak. Rich black fruit flavours dominate the palate, dense and dark in character, followed by a big tannin backbone finishing firm and textured. This wine will improve and soften with cellaring and will open up with decanting before drinking. A significant proportion of the Cabernet Sauvignon was barrel fermented in new AP Johns American Oak. The Merlot component was fermented in small 0.5 tonne punch-down ferments. The whole blend was then matured in New and Second-fill , American and French Oak for 20 months prior to egg white fining and bottling. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £171.21
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Parker Coonawarra Estate TERRA ROSSA Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra South Australia
Description: The Parker Estate Vineyard, situated at the Southern end of Coonawarra, was established in 1985 on the rich Terra Rossa soil over limestone of Coonawarra and carries Cabernet Sauvignon as the predominant variety with minor plantings of Merlot and Petit Verdot. Each vintage small quantities of the best fruit is selected for the Terra Rossa First Growth. If in any one year the grapes do not reach the high standard set, then no Terra Rossa First Growth is made, as was the case in 1992, 1995, 1997 & 2002 . In those years the wine released was under the Terra Rossa Cabernet Sauvignon label. Vintage 2000 was one of the earliest harvests on record (6 x 75 cl) Price: £123.79
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Parker Coonawarra Estate FIRST GROWTH Coonawarra South Australia
Description: The Parker Estate Vineyard, situated at the Southern end of Coonawarra, was established in 1985 on the rich Terra Rossa soil over limestone of Coonawarra and carries Cabernet Sauvignon as the predominant variety with minor plantings of Merlot and Petit Verdot. Deep crimson red in colour with purple tinges. The nose shows intense liquorice fruit with mocha coffee, mineral, violets and smoky cedar oak aromas. The palate is strong and firm with liquorice and cedar flavours following onto a long finish with complex tannin flavours and mouth feel. Full of deep, dark, dense black fruit with an element of spice which is classic Coonawarra Cabernet. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £225.28
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Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot South Australia
Description: A lifted nose of perfumed cassis fruit is evident in this well made wine while there is a complex mineral, liquorice fruit and appealing sweetness. The palate is solid and round with balanced fruit and fine tannins leading to the powerful finish. A significant proportion of the Cabernet Sauvignon was barrel fermented in new AP Johns American Oak. The Merlot component was fermented in small 0.5 tonne punch-down ferments. The whole blend was then matured in New and Second-fill , American and French Oak for 20 months prior to egg white fining and bottling. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £174.02
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Capercaillie THE CLAN Cabernet/Merlot/Petit Verdot Coonawarra/Orange
Description: With fruit sourced from Coonawarra in South Australia and Orange in New South Wales, this melange shows a solid combination of cassis, berry and leafy herbaceous characters. It offers a rich style with a good tannin and acid structure that will reward the patient. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £195.66
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Katnook CoonawarraMerlot 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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Rymill MC2 Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc Coonawarra South east Australia
Description: A rich combination of one-third proportions of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. These three classic varieties have been selected to provide intense fruit aromas, complex yet supple flavours and a soft finish. In regard to cellaring, we ultimately recommend that you enjoy the wine immediately. However, 2-5 years ageing could prove to be interesting. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £123.96
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Hollick Shiraz Cabernet Coonawarra South Australia
Description: A soft, silky texture and medium weight, makes it ideal for drinking with modern Mediterranean-style foods. The fermented wine is matured for twelve months in one year old American and French oak barrels, which contribute vanillin and spice flavours while still allowing the fine Coonawarra fruit flavours to dominate the palate. The wine's usual composition is 80% Shiraz, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Malbec. Hollick is an independent, family-owned winery, located on one of the original John Riddoch Coonawarra 'blocks' in the cool south east corner of South Australia. Planting of the classic varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon and Riesling began in 1975 under the guidance of lan Hollick. lan's involvement with viticulture goes back to his childhood in Mildura as the son of a soldier settler fruit blocker. After studying Agricultural Science, lan worked for Mildara Wines in Coonawarra, progressing to become manager of Mildara vineyards nationally and the Coonawarra winery. With a vision of a great future for Coonawarra, lan purchased 22 hectares of prime Terra Rossa land in 1974. The Hollick Winery was established in 1984 and a year later Hollick won the coveted Jimmy Watson Trophy for the best one-year old red wine. The property expanded to more than 100 hectares following the purchase of the Wilgha property in 1987. Hollick has recently expanded north of Coonawarra at Wrattonbully, a region we will hear a lot more about in the future. Shiraz will be the main production for Hollick in this region. New to the range is Neilson's Merlot named after the Australian lyric poet, John Shaw Neilson who owned the historic building which now homes the Cellar Door sales. The 1998 Cabernet Merlot was selected for British Airways First Class and the 1998 Wilgha Shiraz won a gold in the 2001 International Wine Challenge (12 x 75 cl) Price: £123.64
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