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Bodega Catena Zapata ALAMOS Bonarda Mendoza Argentina
Description: In the glass Intensely aromatic with ripe raspberries alongside floral and liquorice notes. The palate is full, soft and chock full of red berry fruit spiced up by touches of anis, vanilla, and toast from light oak aging. The finish shows soft, sweet tannins and fresh, lively acidity. 13.6% Bonarda is an old Italian grape with its family home in Piedmont, which like so many of its compatriots upped sticks in the early twentieth century and headed for the New World. One of the most planted grapes in its adopted home, it seems to thrive in the pale blue and white stripes of Argentina, producing ripe, characterful wines that seem to keep a subtle suggestion of an Italian accent. A bit about Alamos The Alamos wines are made high up in the Andes by the team at Catena Zapata. Nicolas Catena was the third generation of his family to make wine in Mendoza but the first to see the potential in planting higher and higher vineyards in search of cool climate sites ideal for the production of fine wine. Today, he works with his daughter Laura in their relentless pursuit of the finest possible quality wines from their unique vineyards. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £91.61
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Don Cristobal CRISTOBEL 1492 Bonarda Mendoza Argentina
Description: Deep bright purple colour. Fine, fruity and expressive bouquet. Well balanced and harmonious, with firm tannins. From the high lands of Ugarteche, this wine is perfect with red meats. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £81.78
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Bodegas Catena Zapata ALAMOS Bonarda Mendoza Argentina
Description: Chief Winemaker Jose Galante made the following comments about this single varital wine: 'Alamos Bonarda has a deep, dark purple colour. It has intense aromatics of ripe raspberries with floral and licorice notes. The mouthfeel is full, yet soft, with ripe red berry fruit flavors and touches of anis, vanilla, and toast from light oak aging. The finish shows soft, sweet tannins and fresh, lively acidity.' (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £83.88
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Argento Wine Company LIBERTAD Malbec/Shiraz Mendoza Argentina
Description: Tasting Note Ripe, juicy red with smooth tannins and bags of fruit. Raspberry, violets and blackberries dominate the nose with a touch of vanilla enhancing the berries on the palate. 13% A 50-50 blend of Argentina's best red grape, Malbec and Bonarda, a long-term Italian ex-pat that is doing great things in the hills around Mendoza. The result is a ripe, full fruited wine with bags of spicy character to make it stand out from the crowd. Superb value, it would make a happy partner for a ribeye steak grilled medium rare. A bit about Libertad Libertad are produced by Argento, which since its launch in 1999 has quickly become the leading range of wines from Argentina in the UK and represents an exciting new era in Argentine winemaking. The winemaking team uses the latest in cellar technology to craft wines that meet the highest quality standards and show the best characteristics of the unique vine growing conditions. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £60.38
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Altos las Hormigas COLONIA Las LIEBRES Mendoza Bonarda Argentina
Description: Lovely vibrant colour that yields to a lifted, damsony fruit on the nose and a lively accessable character on the palate. The unoaked wine was fermented on the skins for 10 days in order to empahasise the vibrant fruit characters rather than the structure of the grape. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £80.18
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