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Boekenhoutskloof Estate CHOCOLATE BLOCK Western Cape RSA
Description: Hints of dark chocolate and ripe fruit dominate the aromatic profile of this wine. Rich and ripe, the wine has a generous mouth feel and mid-palate weight with a minimum of five years ageing potential. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £110.86
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Boekenhoutskloof Estate PORCUPINE RIDGE Merlot Franschhoek RSA
Description: This red is a blend of Merlot 90%, Malbec 8% and Cabernet Franc 2% and is showing ripe plum and chocolate/mocha intensity on the nose. The fruity berry flavours are enhanced by the touch of Malbec in the blend. The French oaking supports the structure of the wine adding further spicy flavours. The wine has mid-palate weight with a lengthy finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £93.27
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Boekenhoutskloof Estate PORCUPINE RIDGE Sauvignon Blanc Franschhoek RSA
Description: This Sauvignon Blanc shows an elegant combination of citrus and tropical profile, while the low alcohol makes the wine consumer friendly and a small portion of Semillon contributes to the mid palate weight with a firm acidity adding to a crisp freshness. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £84.71
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Wirra Wirra CHURCH BLOCK Cabernet/Shiraz/Merlot McLaren Vale South Australia
Description: Colour: Brilliant plum/purple with crimson hues. Bouquet: Lifted violets & blackberries on the nose, with spicy star anise & cinnamon overtones, incorporating savoury Worcestershire sauce & smoked ham characters. Palate: A structured, full palate with fine fruit tannins & smooth rounded edges. Refined mocha/coffee characteristics are apparent from the Shiraz, with the Cabernet contributing a subtle herbal note. General: This wine has the elegant structure of Cabernet Sauvignon complemented by approachable Merlot & the depth & warmth of Shiraz, all typical of Church Block. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £76.89
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Richard Hamilton GUMPRS' BLOCK Shiraz McLaren Vale South Australia
Description: Gumprs' Hotel was the original name of McLaren Vale's favourite and most famous regional restaurant the Salopian Inn, which sits diagonally opposite our old Vineyard and has long been a meeting point of wine people in the region. Hamilton's Gumprs' Block Shiraz is sourced from the 'Gumprs Block' vineyard that produces low yield and intensely flavoured Shiraz. The wine is deep, dark crimson in colour with a brilliant purple hue and has an earthy, inky perfume with violets, ripe raspberries, pepper and mixed spices. This 2001 vintage reflects an excellent vintage producing a wine very rich and full in flavour. It was also fermented over an extended period with generous proportions of whole bunches and stems. The wine finishes with long, fine persistent tannins and is truly a Shiraz wine meant to be savoured.
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Turkey Flat Vineyards BUTCHERS BLOCK Red Barossa Valley South Australia
Description: The Butchers Block is a Rhone Style blend made from fruit selected from the Turkey Flat Vineyards, including some of the original old vine plantings. Grenache and Mataro produce their best fruit in hot and dry conditions. The wine is a blend of Mataro , Shiraz and Grenache . This has resulted in a full flavoured, complex wine with excellent structure and seamless integration between the varieties. It leads out with mouvedre accounting for the greatest volume of the blend and this might be the key. Lots of really ripe red fruits, perfume and purity are the striking characters on the nose. Berries come leaping out the glass with enough air. This wine has lots to offer. The perfume carries cinnamon and sweetly spiced scents, with some nice earthy grenache character below. The palate really cranks with a big juicy fruit presence and mouth-filling flavour. It raises the spinnaker on entry and sails at full tilt over the tongue. Choc full of red berry fruits and lots of garrigue flavoured herbs, it's undeniably Barossan but cloaked in a veil of southern Rhone character, classy and seductive. Tannins are soft and ripe, really open-knit and easygoing in this billowing youthful wine. It will settle into full stride in a year or two but drinks beautifully now if exuberance is your thing. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £72.03
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Tyrrells LOST BLOCK Semillon Hunter Valley
Description: Tyrrells LOST BLOCK Semillon Hunter Valley from Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley by Tyrrell's Wines Fruity Dry Whites (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £107.79
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Richard Hamilton HUT BLOCK Cabernet McLaren Vale South Australia
Description: Made from 100% Estate owned fruit from the McLaren Vale wine region of South Australia, the 'Hut Block' vineyard is planted on an open lace in free draining soils, unusual amongst the clay and loams of the district. This produces a wine of intense berry aroma and flavour. The 'Hut Block' is named after the old 'pickers' hut, which has sat on the property for over fifty years. The wine is a blend of Cabemet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc matured in selected French and American Oak casks for twelve months prior to bottling. Traditionally the wine is deeply coloured, with ripe berry flavours, a full rich, robust wine balanced with a supple mid palate and a fine tannin finish. This wine is a full dense red colour with vibrant crimson highlights and an intense ripe Cabernet Sauvignon nose with excellent expression of fine oak. Clean and vibrant, this is a great example of full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon from McLaren Vale. On the palate the varietal characters from the nose follow through on the palate to give a wine of great length. The wine finishes cleanly with tannins, acidity and flavour in harmony. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £94.96
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