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Domaines Schlumberger CUVEE ANNE Gewurztraminer Alsace |
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Where it's from:
France, Alsace
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£214.36
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Botrytis-Affected Whites |
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This wine is refined and complex, not heavy, with consistent aromas. This exceptional vintage can be appreciated anytime and will please collectors of high-class wines. The Sélections de Grains Nobles come from old vines. The grapes are collected when overripe, several weeks after harvest. More concentrated than the Late Harvest, this is a sweet, yet fresh wine, with a good natural acidity.The Cuvée Anne is rare because it appears every seven years on average.
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France, Alsace |
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Domaines Schlumberger |
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Luigi Bosca Gewurztraminer RESERVA Maipu Valley Argentina
Description: Tasting notes: Good body and deep gold colour. Aromas of berries, guayaba, lychee, tropical fruits and musk, with light floral touches of rose petals and violets. Harmonious structure, unctuous, spicy , succulent and persistent. The wine: Manual selection prior to destemming. Cooled before going to pneumatic press where an hourlong cold maceration is applied before crushing. Must passes to decantation tanks for 24 (12 x 50 cl)
Price: £119.26
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Domaines Schlumberger CUVEE CHRISTINE Gewurztraminer Vendage Tardives Alsace
Description: Cuvee Christine is vigorous, powerful, balanced, and has beautiful structure. It is very subtle and elegant. A tempting, fresh and sometimes soft wine, it ages well and keeps its floral aroma. This Late Harvest wine is made from overripe grapes, collected several weeks after the harvest. Unlike other sweet wines, it keeps its freshness and natural acidity, with a flavor unparallel to that of any other. Jewels of Domaines Schlumberger, the grapes for Cuvée Christine are harvested in the beginning of winter, in carefully selected portions. This very delicate wine comes from old vines and is made only in the especially good years. This wine exhibits charm and infinite softness with many nuances. The intense and refined nose evolves to exotic fruit notes of papaya and mango. On the palate, the attack is soft and silky. The consistently elegant structure is slightly spicy, characterized by exotic notes and strong sugared citrus fruit peels. The finish is round, and balanced. Natural sugars amplify the incredible finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £201.04
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL Shiraz Cabernet South Eastern Australia
Description: The Shiraz adds earthy cherry flavours to the blend, while the Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits notes of blackcurrant. They team together to provide just the right balance on the palate between fruit, acid and tannin to produce a soft but fleshy wine This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL Cabernet Sauvignon South Eastern Australia
Description: This Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits a vibrant, deep purple colour leading to lifted blackberry, dark chocolate aromas with hints of mint and vanilla. The wine is full-bodied showing generous, berry fruit characters with spicy notes. The palate has good length and is well structured with toasty oak and soft velvety tannins prominent on the finish. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL Merlot South Eastern Australia
Description: A rich colour and deep hue introduces your nose to a ripe and rich flavour. Mint and leaf at the front of the nose is followed by soft plums and ripe almost Christmas cake fruit. The vanilla softness on the nose takes you into a ripe and full palate weight with a soft, sweet oak palate length on the finish This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £83.51
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Hugel et Fils SELECTION DE GRAINS NOBLES Gewurztraminer Alsace
Description: Available in Half bottles, the first vintage of the famous 1988-1989-1990 trology. The extremely favourable meteorological conditions, in particular at the end of the season, gave bunches that were perfectly healthy, exceptionally ripe, with good levels of acidity. Thanks to an long Summer, Hugel interrupted picking from 7th October until 7th November, with extraordinary results. Noble rot that developed during that period enabled Hugel to produce, for the first time since 1976, significant amounts of Selection De Grains Nobles wines. wines all come from the historic HUGEL family estates in the heart of the Grand Cru Sporen slope. As for the rest of our production, our grapes are harvested exclusively by hand. The grapes are taken in small tubs to the presses, which are filled by gravity, without any pumping or other mechanical intervention. After pressing, the must is decanted for a few hours, then fermented in temperature-controlled barrels or vats . The wine is racked just once, before natural clarification during the course of the winter. The following spring, the wine is lightly filtered just before bottling, and the bottles are then aged in our cellars until released for sale. Very intense yellow-gold colour, deep and rich. It has a complex, spicy bouquet of cinnamon, liquorice and roses. Soft, sweet , liqueur-like, very rich and harmonious. (12 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £488.71
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F E Trimbach Gewurztraminer SELECTION de GRAINS NOBLES Alsace
Description: 1989 was an exceptionally ripe year, with must weights breaking all records, an excellent vintage that saw the highest ever production of Selection de Grains Nobles. As the year was so ripe Selection de Grains Nobles was made. Trimbach have only made this wine 7 times in 27 years, as it requires rare and exceptional conditions. 1989 was an exceptionally ripe year. This wine is a beautiful, rich, golden colour, elegantly refined with a powerful aroma of honey and gentle spice, with a slightly floral edge. On the palate this wine is hugely rich with massively concentrated fruit reminiscent of ripe orange marmalade. The finish of the wine has extraordinary length and all through is balanced by good acidity which freshens the sweetness. Sourced from the Grand Cru vineyards of Osterberg in Ribeauville, and the oldest vineyards in Hunawihr. (24 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £1005.17
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL Verdelho South Eastern Australia
Description: Ripe characters of musk, passionfruit and lemon are striking on the nose, leading into a fresh and floral front palate. The wine is crisp and elegant giving a fresh cleansing finish to the style. The fresh cleansing palate lends itself quite easily to spicy Asian foods and complements Thai prawns or Bok Choy pleasantly. Seafood and tangy vinaigrettes also make great partners. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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Casella Wines TORTOISESHELL BAY Semillon/Sauvignon South Eastern Australia
Description: This Semillon Sauvignon Blanc exhibits rich tropical Sauvignon Blanc characters mixed with fresh grassy Semillon aromas on the nose which continue onto the tightly structured yet balanced palate with long lingering finish. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £69.41
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Casella Wines PAINTERS COVE Shiraz/Cabernet South Eastern Australia
Description: Deep red colour showing ripe raspberries and smoky oak on the nose. The Shiraz adds earthy cherry flavours to the blend, while the Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits notes of blackcurrant. They team together to provide just the right balance on the palate between fruit, acid and tannin to produce a soft but fleshy wine. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £73.99
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Casella Wines PAINTERS COVE Semillon/Chardonnay South Eastern Australia
Description: Lemon and vanilla oak on the nose are followed by a clean, fruity balanced palate with hints of toast. The crisp citrus flavours of Semillon are teamed with the peachy notes of Chardonnay in this Semillon Chardonnay for a beautifully balanced crisp, yet rounded wine. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £70.46
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Casella Wines TORTOISESHELL BAY Mourvedre/Shiraz South Eastern Australia
Description: The Mourvedre Shiraz is a deep red brick colour with black cherry and plum flavours accompanied by soft oak. The palate is smooth and supple, with fruit and tannin combining to provide a long, rich finish. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £69.41
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL RESERVE Shiraz South Eastern Australia
Description: An intensely concentrated wine, the Reserve Yellow Tail Shiraz initially reveals aromas of ripe cherries, blackberries, chocolate and mocha. Delving deeper into this complex wine, cracked pepper and spice fragrance are apparent with sweet French oak aromas always present. The vanilla softness on the nose takes you into a full palate crammed with ripe fruits reminiscent of a basket of sweet summer berries. Seamless and well structured tannins complete this full bodied red wine. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL RESERVE Chardonnay South Eastern Australia
Description: A complex array of fragrant fruit aromas and luscious vanillin oak gives a wonderful first impression of this Yellow Tail Reserve Chardonnay. Peach, melon and tropical fruits are all in abundance, complemented by a creamy fullness given only by French oak maturation.This flavoursome Chardonnay has a charming palate weight, with complex buttery undertones and soft balanced acidity, finishing long and smooth This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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Domaine Josmeyer LES ARCHENETS Prestige Selections Gewurztraminer Alsace
Description: The renowned house of Josmeyer was founded in 1854 in Wintzenheim and has been in unbroken family ownership for 5 generations. Grapes are sourced from there own 23 hectares of vineyards, which include some four hectares of the renowned Grands Crus Hengst and Brand. In addition Josmeyer have long term contracts for grapes from a further 12 hectares which are worked to the strict Josmeyer principles. The vines are pruned hard and yields are kept well below the average for Alsace. There is a minimal chemical treatment and grass is grown between the rows to restrict yields and encourage the roots deeper into the subsoil. The vineyards are currently being run under the Lutte Raisonnee scheme but the family have experimented siuccessfully with Biodynamie and are moving resolutely towards conversion of all their sources of grape supply to a fully biodynamic regime. All grapes are handpicked and then whole-bunch pressed prior to fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Only natural yeasts are employed and both chaptalization and malolactic fermentation are avoided so as to ensure that the natural balance of each wine is preserved and the vintage and vineyard differences are emphasised (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £264.93
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL Chardonnay South Eastern Australia
Description: This Chardonnay exhibits a golden straw colour showing ripe peach and melon aromas as well as sweet oak nuances. The palate is fresh and approachable with balanced acidity culminating in a lingering finish of delicious peach, melon and tropical flavours. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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Hardy's STAMP OF AUSTALIA Riesling/Gewurztraminer South Eastern Australia
Description: Hardys Stamp of Australia offers one of Australia’s most popular, easy to drink range of wines. Stamp of Australia continues the tradition of fine winemaking that Hardys have become recognised for throughout the world. The Stamp range is identified by the original Australian postage stamp, dating back to 1937, which is featured on all Stamp of Australia wines. The Stamp of Australia Riesling Gewurztraminer is pale straw in colour and displays fresh zesty citrus, spice and floral aromas. On the palate sweet tropical and citrus fruit flavours are backed with spice and zesty acid finish. Winemaker’s Notes: Stamp Riesling Gewurztraminer has been blended from selected batches of Riesling and Traminer grapes night harvested at moderate ripeness to achieve the desired fruit flavours. Selected parcels of fruit were then fermented at cool temperatures in stainless steel tanks to retain varietal fruit freshness. Inter-regional blending has produced a wine with an ideal balance of the lime/citrus flavours of the Riesling and the fresh spiciness of the Traminer. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £74.28
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL Pinot Grigio South Eastern Australia
Description: This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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F E Trimbach Gewurztraminer SELECTION de GRAINS NOBLES Alsace
Description: This wine is a beautiful, pale, green colour, elegantly refined with a silky aroma. On the palate there is a gentle spiciness under the sweetness. It lies on the sweeter side of medium in style, with pure lychee in the mouth, and balancing acidity against the sugar giving exceptional length and flavour. . Sourced from the Grand Cru vineyards of Osterberg in Ribeauville, Lieu-dit-Trottacker in Hunawihr and Muehlforst. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £1238.58
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Hugel et Fils TRADITION Gewurztraminer Alsace
Description: From local vineyards with mainly clay soils, this white wine is the ultimate expression of true varietal type style. Produced from a strict selection of grapes, both by origin and by level of maturity, 'Hugel' Tradition wines display increased depth and p (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £211.26
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Hugel et Fils TRADITION Gewurztraminer Alsace
Description: From local vineyards with mainly clay soils, this white wine is the ultimate expression of true varietal type style. Produced from a strict selection of grapes, both by origin and by level of maturity, 'Hugel' Tradition wines display increased depth and p (24 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £218.55
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Hugel et Fils SELECTION DE GRAINS NOBLES Gewurztraminer Alsace
Description: The wine swirls softly and languorously around the glass, a picture of refined elegance in satin and silk, with brilliant gold highlights. The bouquet is unique, a captivatingly perfect, concentrated, deep, harmoniously powerful aroma of oriental spices, (12 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £350.56
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Casella Wines YELLOW TAIL Merlot South Eastern Australia
Description: A rich colour and deep hue introduces your nose to a ripe and rich flavour. Mint and leaf at the front of the nose is followed by soft plums and ripe almost Christmas cake fruit. The vanilla softness on the nose takes you into a ripe and full palate weight with a soft, sweet oak palate length on the finish. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £71.88
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Casella Estate YELLOW TAIL Chardonnay South Eastern Australia
Description: This Chardonnay exhibits a golden straw colour showing ripe peach and melon aromas as well as sweet oak nuances. The palate is fresh and approachable with balanced acidity culminating in a lingering finish of delicious peach, melon and tropical flavours. This Italian family have six generations of winemaking experience, while the Casella family winery was founded in 1965. Today it is run by John Casella, an extremely talented and highly respected winemaker who aims to produce top qualitv wines from this region. John Casella was amongst the first to select premium vineyard sites used for the production of premium varieties and the vineyards now extend to 250 hectares. The vineyard is planted with Semilion, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Botrytis Semilion, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewurztraminer, Colombard, Marsanne, Verdelho and Durif. Casella have made tremendous advances in viticultural techniques, particularly with canopy training, minimal pruning and controlled drip irrigation. These factors, coupled with restricted yields has enabled Casella to produce some of the top wines from this region.
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