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Santa Monica Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: The story of Santa Monica begins in the Rapel Valley, with a young man who spent his summers working on his grandfathers winery. After graduating with a diploma in agricultural engineering from Universidad de Chile, his thirst for knowledge led him to the university of Bordeaux to study enology (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £116.75
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Punta Nogal Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: This Rapel Valley wine is charming with fresh forward fruit and soft tannins in the style of the world's fine wines with nuances of red, ripe berries. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £117.26
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Vina Carmen Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: You can understand why this Chilean Merlot is in such demand. An enticing bouquet of berries and plums and a velvety texture, soft yet firm, with intriguing flavours of cherry and chocolate make this wine a rich, full classic. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £93.17
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Concha y Toro MARQUES DE CASA CONCHA Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: This wine was named after the title bestowed upon the founder of the vineyard by the Spanish monarchy. Due to its exceptional quality, distinct personality and extraordinary ability to display all the virtues of each Chilean valley, Marques de Casa Concha has earned its rank among the nobility of the world's finest wines. Today, Marques de Casa Concha shows the great recent progress in the viticultural and vinicultural art in Chile. This Merlot comes from the Peumo Vineyard, Rapel Valley, Chile, where the grapes are manually harvested during April. The wine is aged for 15 months in new and used French oak barriques, then aged a further 2 months after bottling. This fine deep red coloured Merlot has an intense varietal bouquet and richness of flavour. Complexity develops out of its firm, quiet, supple core while the wine has a velvety and firm palate with ripe tannins imparting smoothness and balance leading to a long finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £57.63
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La Ronciere CLASSIC Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: Well balanced with flavours of plums and damsons and a hint of spice. Soft tannin and juicy acidity make this very appealing and drinkable. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £75.03
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Santa Rita GRAN HACIENDA Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: Winemaker's Comments : Vivid red color, brilliant, with violet hints, of medium intensity. Ripe red fruits combine with fine herbs in a young and fruity aroma. To the palate it is a medium lightly bodied wine showing fruity and pasty, round, soft and ripe tannins.Vivid red color, brilliant, with violet hints, of medium intensity. Ripe red fruits combine with fine herbs in a young and fruity aroma. To the palate it is a medium lightly bodied wine showing fruity and pasty, round, soft and ripe tannins. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £80.86
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Casa Lapostolle Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: Temperature during fermentation was between 25 to 28ºC. • 80% of the wine was aged 7 months in one to three years old oak barrels . • Bottled in January 2002. Deep, intense red ruby colour. Attractive nose of mature red fruit, jam and spices. On the pallet the wine is filling and supple, well balanced and harmonious, with refined and smooth tannins. The oak is discrete and well integrated. A very approachable wine that can be enjoyed now or cellared for a few years. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £112.38
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Vina Carmen Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: Winemaker Comments: The wine shows a bright strawberry red colour with intense aromas of caramel, intense cherries and strawberries ripe fruits, spices, coffee and hints of mint. On the palate the wine shows fruity and spicy flavoured, with soft tannins, good balance and lingering finish. Harvest and Production: The grapes were harvested in the middle of April. The clusters were selected and then crushed. 30% of the grapes remained with the skins for 6 days at 2ºC before the fermentation. The alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at 26ºC to 28ºC. The maceration period for this wine was 18 days . Malolactic fermentation took place naturally in tanks and in barrels. 20% of the wine remained in French and American oak barrels for 6 months. After this the wine was blended, fined and bottled. (24 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £101.40
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Vina La Rosa CORNELLANA Cabernet/Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: The history of La Rosa goes back to 1824 and was founded by Don Gregorio . The vineyards will increase in the area from the current 700 to 1000 hectares by 2002. This large vineyard estate is mostly split between the two major vineyards, called Corneltana and La Palmeria. The two ranges of La Rosa's wines are named after these two vineyards. The winemaker jose Ignacio Cancino has a remarkable ability to create excellent wines in large quantities, without losing quality on the way (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £78.06
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Concha y Toro MARQUES DE CASA CONCHA Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: Bright, dark and deep red in colour. The dark colour sets the tone for the flavours that are as black as night: dark cherry pits, dark berries, a lasting smoky yet rich black-tar. Though tannic now, this wine should evolve. Theres already some complexity beginning to develop out of its firm, quiet supple core. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £63.71
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Vina La Rosa CORNELLANA Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: The history of La Rosa goes back to 1824 and was founded by Don Gregorio . The vineyards will increase in the area from the current 700 to 1000 hectares by 2002. This large vineyard estate is mostly split between the two major vineyards, called Corneltana and La Palmeria. The two ranges of La Rosa's wines are named after these two vineyards. The winemaker jose Ignacio Cancino has a remarkable ability to create excellent wines in large quantities, without losing quality on the way (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £78.06
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Villa Rosa VR Merlot Rapel Region Chile
Description: Lovely ripe cassis and plum flavours abound and its deep purple colour and raspberry aromas are instantly appealing. Round and massive in the mouth the taste lingers on and on but finishes with an elegant and smooth note. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £91.83
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Vinedos Sutil Merlot Colchagua Valley Chile
Description: Deep ruby red , with aromas of chocolate, strawberry jam, bacon, and dried plum. Round, ripe tannins and balanced acidity create a full mouthfeel and a medium-long finish. Serve at 12º a 14ºC Good food pairings include game, pork, all sorts of pasta, and not-too-sweet desserts. Varietal composition: 87% Merlot 13% Malbec (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £99.69
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Montes ALPHA Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley Chile
Description: One of the top Chilean Cabernets, aged for 12 months in French oak. Sourced from 100 year-old vines. Intense ruby in colour with red fruits, evocations of blackcurrant, chocolate and cigar box, in balance with well-integrated oak . Of great complexity in the mouth, in mid-palate is full-bodied and balanced with a lasting persistence and a remarkable finish. Although a superb wine as it is, it may also be considered as a great wine for cellaring. Our first version was recently selected among the best ten year old red wines in the world. Montes Alpha was the first of the premium Chilean wines. Initially only Cabernet was available, but the range has expanded to include both Chardonnay and Merlot. All the wines exhibit concentration, elegance and sophistication, and come from very old, low-yielding, ungrafted vines with pre-phylloxera rootstocks. The wines are made by Aurelio Montes, one of the most respected of all the Chilean winemakers, who has just released the first super-premium wine from Chile, Montes Alpha "M". (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £141.07
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