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Wolf Blass GREY LABEL Cabernet Sauvignon Langhorne Creek South Australia |
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Where it's from:
Australia, South Australia, Langhorne Creek
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£130.88
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6 x 75 cl |
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Powerful Reds |
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The Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon is deep red in colour. The bouquet of rich berry fruit with aromas of spice, mint and eucalyptus is given complexity by hints of dark chocolate. These aromas develop on the palate, which is an elegant mouthful of flavour with soft, well-integrated tannins, subtle vanillin oak characters and a lingering finish. VITICULTURE The fruit for this wine was sourced from the outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards at Langhorne Creek. Langhorne Creek has long been the preferred region for Grey Label Cabernet Sauvignon as the rich, deep alluvial soils have been a maritime influence, producing fruit with great richness and depth of flavour. WINEMAKING Following crushing the wine was left to ferment on the skins for between five to seven days, allowing for the optimum release of colour and flavour. This technique maximised the intensity of fruit flavour without extracting excessive tannins to ensure that this wine is approachable in its youth, a hallmark of Wolf Blass wines. Individual parcels completed fermentation in new and seasoned French and American oak then wine was returned to the original oak barrels for 18 months maturation. After maturation our winemaking team carefully assessed each parcel before blending and bottling. (6 x 75 cl)
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Australia, South Australia, Langhorne Creek |
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Wolf Blass |
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Leasingham Bin 56 Cabernet Malbec Clare Valley South Australia
Description: Rich ruby red in colour with lifted floral, blackcurrant and smoky aromas this is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Malbec. Ripe blackberry, blackcurrant and strawberry aromas fill the palate while integrated spicy oak characters complement this well textured wine. Fine lingering grainy tannins give length and persistence, while this exceptional wine will improve with careful cellaring for up to 10 years. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £73.95
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Nepenthe THE ROUGE Cabernet Merlot Adelaide Hills South Australia
Description: The emphasis in making the Rogue is on approachability, while maintaining the regional signature of an elegant, savoury structure. A supple, vibrant blend combining the spice with the firm structure of Cabernet Sauvignon and ripe, plum fruit from the Merl (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £140.17
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Stella Bella Wines SUCKFIZZLE Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Suckfizzle is a small vineyard located at the south-westerly extreme of the Margaret River grape growing region and since the first release in 1997 the Suckfizzle wines have developed a cult following. Here the converging power of the Southern and Indian oceans, provide a cool maritime climate characterised by drenching winter rains and long dry summers cooled by omnipresent sea breezes. In the north-east facing shelter of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge and the Blackwood River, nature provided a unique viticultural mesoclimate for the Suckfizzle wines. Only two wines are made in the small vineyard. The white is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, the percentages a reflection of seasonal fortune. In style, the wine takes its cue from the very great wines of the Bordeaux appellation Pessac Leognan but showcases the inimitable Augusta style. The red is pure Cabernet Sauvignon (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £229.55
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Stella Bella Wines SUCKFIZZLE Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Suckfizzle is a small vineyard located at the south-westerly extreme of the Margaret River grape growing region and since the first release in 1997 the Suckfizzle wines have developed a cult following. Here the converging power of the Southern and Indian oceans, provide a cool maritime climate characterised by drenching winter rains and long dry summers cooled by omnipresent sea breezes. In the north-east facing shelter of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge and the Blackwood River, nature provided a unique viticultural mesoclimate for the Suckfizzle wines. Only two wines are made in the small vineyard. The white is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, the percentages a reflection of seasonal fortune. In style, the wine takes its cue from the very great wines of the Bordeaux appellation Pessac Leognan but showcases the inimitable Augusta style. The red is pure Cabernet Sauvignon (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £203.99
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Jim Barry THE COVER DRIVE Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia
Description: Situated in the cool uplands of the North Mount Lofty ranges about 50 km north of Adelaide, the vineyards of Jim Barry were established in Clare in 1959. This is a family run winery committed to producing quality wines through an innovative approach to viticulture and winemaking technology. As a result of this in Jim barry purchased great vine growing land on the southern boundary of Coonawarra. It was formally the old Penola cricket ground, which first saw a ball bowled in anger and the flashing cover drives of the local champions in 1950. Sadly, the ground closed in 1996 and soon afterwards Jim Barry purchased the 30 acre property and planted a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard. However, the original pavilion and pitch have been retained, thus preserving an important piece of Coonawarra sporting history. Fruit from this vineyard, along with selected parcels of fruit from Jim Barry's other family owned Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in the Clare Valley have been blended to produce a wine that is rich, soft and approachable. Fruit from the Clare Valley and Coonawarra have been used to produce a dark red coloured wine with ripe blackberry, mint and sweet oak aromas. The palate is rich and full bodied with ripe, sweet blackberry and mint flavours, while it shows firm, but finely grained tannins complemented by a lingering finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £66.62
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Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Clare Valley South Australia
Description: Bright, crimson red with youthful purple hues, this is a very fragrant wine showing perfumes of fresh berries and spicy oak on the nose. On the palate, it has flavours of currants, mint and tea leaf with finesse and length from the French oak. Time in the bottle has allowed the warm, generous fruit, the spicy oak and elegant tannins to knit together well and the result is a beautifully balanced wine with tremendous depth and length. This wine is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and a touch of 10% Merlot from the Clare Valley here the varieties were matured separately in barriques, of which 35% was new French oak, for 18 months.Mount Horrocks Wines is operated by proprietor/winemaker Stephanie Toole, who restricts production to approximately 4,500 cases per annum in order to achieve her aims of quality and single vineyard expression. Stephanie describes her wines as 'essentially hand made food wines with emphasis on structure as well as generous fruit flavours'. 50% of fruit used in Mount Horrocks wines is estate grown, the rest is sourced from highly respected Watervale growers Peter and Yvonne Peglidis, who produce the highest quality un-irrigated fruit. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £206.99
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Peter Lehmann WEIGHBRIDGE Cabermet Merlot South Australia
Description: Colour: Clear blackish cherry purple Bouquet: Lifted violets with a hint of leafiness Palate: Medium bodied with delicious up front rounded berry fruit flavours, with the classical structure of Cabernet Sauvignon overlaid with the softness of Merlot Blend: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £97.50
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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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Bleasdale Vineyards Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Langhorne Creek Australia
Description: Produced by Australia's second oldest family of winemakers, the Potts family, in Langhorne Creek near Adelaide. The cooler climate here ensures a ripe yet restrained and characterful red. Blending Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon together is classically Australian and this wine is a great example of how these two varieties complement each other so well. Comprising 51% Shiraz and 49% Cabernet Sauvignon the wine displays rich ripe plummy, berry and spice characters from the Shiraz complemented with fragrant herb and mint flavours from the Cabernet. Fine tannins lengthen the palate and tasty oak, from 12 months maturation in french and american oak barrels, adds further complexity to the blend. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £95.88
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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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Lindemans BIN 45 Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia
Description: Two-thirds of blend matured in a mix of used French and American oak barrels. Vibrant, beetroot-purple. Fresh aromas of wild berries, hints of rhubarb with spicy vanilla nuances on a background of smoky oak. Medium-bodied and full-flavoured in style, with wonderful, ripe, berry Cabernet fruits, and hints of rhubarb and vanilla. Soft oak and supporting tannins contribute to the length and persistence of flavour. Rich, flavoursome and well-balanced, the Bin 45 Cabernet Sauvignon is ideal for drinking on release, yet has the weight and structure to develop and become more complex with short-term cellaring. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £88.55
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Balnaves of Coonawarra SPARKLING NV Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia
Description: Rich and complex with blackcurrant, blackberry and sweet earth mature Coonawarra Cabernet characters, this wine is ready to drink on release, however it will gain complexity and softness with careful cellaring. Drink very cold during summer as a refreshing start to any meal. Produced by Balnaves since 1992 this wine is made in the traditional style of Australian Sparkling Burgundies although most of these are made with Shiraz. Balnaves have chosen Cabernet Sauvignon grapes to make this modern sparkling burgundy as we believe Cabernet Sauvignon, of all the grapes grown in Coonawarra, shows the most character and consistency.The base blend was put together and matured in well seasoned French oak for 12 months and then tiraged in July . The wine was again matured in bottles on yeast lees for 19 months to gain softness and complexity followed by disgorging in February . Mature vintage port and concentrated grape juice was used to sweeten the final wine, . (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £118.34
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Charles Melton ROSE OF VIRGINIA Barossa Valley South Australia
Description: The Charles Melton Rose of Virginia is a blend of 50% Grenache, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon with a dash of Pinot Meunier and Shiraz. A vivid fuschia in colour from 1 to 3 days skin contact, it has lovely aromatic Grenache perfumes on the nose, which are given a touch of spice by the Shiraz and Cabernet. The tiny proportion of Pinot Meunier adds further interest. On the palate the wine is well-balanced, with good mid-palate richness and the surprising weight and trademark tannins of the Rose of Virginia. Charles Melton Wines has produced premium Barossa red wines since 1984. Charlie and a small band of Barossa winemakers turned their winemaking efforts to what were then considered a couple of unfashionable varieties: Shiraz and Grenache. These wines were initially styled on those from the Rhone but are now considered leading examples of the varieties in their own right. The wines have always attracted national and international recognition, and an enduring commitment to dry farmed vineyards and careful crafting of the wine will ensure that this continues. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £171.21
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Thomson Estate BACK BLOCK Cabernet Tempranillo Riverland South Australia
Description: Thomson Vintners is a family owned company, based at Waikerie in South Australia's Riverland Region. The Thomson family have been growing grapes in the area for over 75 years and are considered one of the regions best vignerons. There are approximately 700 acres under vine and with clean dry air, open space, fresh river water combined with iron rich Terra Rossa soil promoting healthy disease free vineyards. Abundant in sunshine and cleansing dry breezes the warm spring and a dry summer creating ideal growing conditions, while the grapes are harvested in the cool of the night to ensure optimum fruit quality. The fruit is highly regarded for its excellent fruit intensity owing to the age of the vineyard. The blending of Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo wines produces an elegant fruit driven wine with good acid balance making it an excellent food wine. The blend features a larger percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon than that of Tempranillo; however, the Tempranillo fruit is prominent with a peppery, almost floral, perfumed bouquet with raspberry fruit. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £93.91
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Bremerton MATILDA PLAINS Cabernet Shiraz Merlot Langhorne Creek South Australia
Description: Matilda Plains is an exciting new range from the Bremerton stable. Bremerton is a small family owned winery in the prestigious Langhorne Creek region of South Australia. The Bremerton story began in 1985 when Craig and Mignonne Willson purchased the property and established a long term restoration and development plan. The winery was established in 1988 and now has 110 acres planted at Langhorne Creek and is joint owner and manager of another 180 acres from which it selects the best fruit each year for its wines. The winemaking team headed by family member and winemaker Rebecca Willson has taken the quality of the wines to new standards. Rebecca seeks the best possible fruit from the Bremerton Estate and other specialised Langhorne Creek vineyards to craft traditional, full bodied, full flavoured, mouth filling Langhorne Creek wines that show a consistency of style whilst encouraging the true varietal grape characteristics to be expressed. Matilda Plains provides a modern, unique, and delicious range of wines. The distinctive label features the Willson family's much loved border collie Matilda helping in the vineyard. Matilda Plains Winery is located in Langhorne Creek, South Australia where Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and Merlot have been traditionally grown for over 100 years. This wine is a blend of 44% Shiraz, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot. It was fermented in open top fermenters allowing maximum extraction of colour and flavour. The wine was then matured in American oak for 12 months prior to blending and bottling. This wine is a deep opaque purple colour with aromas of dark forrest fruits as well as hints of earth, chocolate and mocha. A well balanced blend with soft well-integrated tannins, spicy flavours and a long finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £87.26
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Grosset GAIA Clare Valley South Australia
Description: Grosset Wines is an independently owned winery set in the Clare Valley producing just six highly regarded premium wines each vintage. Jeff Grosset is one of the luminaries of the Australian wine industry, his fame the result not of puffery but of consistent and stellar quality over the past 25 years. Established in 1981 by Jeffrey Grosset in the historic township of Auburn in the southern tip of the Clare Valley 100 kilometres north of Adelaide. The winery is stylish but functional and reflects the attention to detail that extends to Jeffrey Grosset's estate-owned Clare Valley vineyards and to the winemaking. Sourced from Grosset's windswept Gaia vineyard in the Clare Valley, this wine is a blend of cabernet sauvignon , cabernet franc and merlot . Great care is taken from the vineyard to the winery and before the final blend was assembled the wine spends sixteen months in French oak barrique, 50 per cent of which were new. Opulent, concentrated and very impressive, this blend has a brooding intensity on the nose, being initially supple and smooth it is also powerful yet appears restrained. Showing ripe dark berry fruit flavours, some meaty, earthy notes and substantial fine tannins which build in the mouth making the finish firm and dry. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £297.29
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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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